 Until the 1960s there was no official government policy in these matters, but the postwar British colonial administration, followed by the Singaporean government, played an increasingly important role by providing ever larger grants to the Association, as well as land for its facilities network, culminating in 1960 with a three-month nationwide family planning campaign that was jointly conducted by the Association and government.The population growth rate slowed from 4–5% per year in the 1950s to around 2.5% in 1965 around independence.The birth rate had fallen to 29.5 per thousand individuals, and the natural growth rate had fallen to 2.5%.