Sex and the Single Singaporean.

It's official. Singaporeans are not getting much. Shame of shame, the latest annual global sex survey by condom-maker Durex revealed that, once again, we're at the bottom of the league, managing to get in the sack a paltry 96 times a year, compared with the Hungarians' 152. Worse, things are not improving: we made love 14 times less last year. Of course, I'm sure the Hungarians are exaggerating. But 96 times a year is still twice a week. Ah, how well I remember...

Sex in the city-state has become quite a newsy topic of late, with the seeming loosening of controls on everything from bar-top dancing to all-night partying. Heck, Singapore is even starting to emerge as a gay entertainment hub, with gay-friendly clubs, bars and saunas, even though homosexual acts are still outlawed.

Still, we've got a problem. A recent survey revealed that nearly half of Singapore's singles would prefer watching television, reading or meeting friends to ??having sex. What's going to happen when they're married? How will they have the requisite two kids? This year we're heading for the lowest number of births in 26 years, a mere 37,000. For a small country like Singapore, whose only resource is its people, not wanting "it" translates directly into a sexo-geopolitical crisis. What to do?

Enter "Dr. Love." In a country often criticized for its lack of creativity in most matters, let alone affairs of the heart, Dr. Wei Siang Yu has risen to the challenge. Three years ago, this baby-faced sex guru set up Meggpower, a health-promotion company that puts new wireless technology to reproductive use. Say a woman wants to have a baby. She signs up with Meggpower, which maps her monthly cycle. When she's due to ovulate, the company flashes her an e-mail (call it a hormonalgram) complete with tips ...