By Hetty Musfirah Abdul Khamid | Posted: 10 March 2011 1308 hrs
SINGAPORE: The government is taking steps to review policies related to issues of marriage and parenthood.
A
group of woman MPs is conducting feedback sessions to find out what
more can be done to make it more conducive for couples to get married,
have children and for married couples to have more children.
The sessions which will take place till June, will involve singles and young couples who are married but do not have children.
Minister
in the Prime Minister's Office Lim Hwee Hua chaired the first session
on Thursday morning with some 50 stay-home mothers and fathers.
While
many shared their joys about having children, some raised concerns
about the lack of support, particularly flexible work arrangements.
Mrs
Lim agreed that this issue still needs to be addressed further and that
there is scope for employers to be encouraged further in this issue.
-CNA/ac
We should pray to God for babies.
Babies are gift from God.
Originally posted by -StarDust-:We should pray to God for babies.
Babies are gift from God.
Therefore ..... with the low and declining birth rates, Singaporeans must be turning their backs to God and heading towards the Devil.
Raising a kid is no joke.
Lots of money that was spend on the kids, from baby to poly or U, all involved money.
If really want to review the policies on marriage and parenthold, the ministers need to seriously pump in tons of money to help the couples. Helping them at initial stage is no use. Lots of money spend especially kid goes to primary, secondary and poly/JC. Not to say U. All is money. Not enough money? Dont give birth.