So the Gahmen wants more people to get married young..and they want these young couples to have more children..and so they introduce stuff like Romancing Singapore and baby bonuses and longer maternity leaves..but apparently they forgot something..something right at the root of the problem..they forgot to inform the other various institutions about their lofty plans for the country! sure there is the extra bonus and the extended leave but what is the use of the incentives if you don't get to use it? i'm sure we have heard of companies not hiring girls if they are planning to get married or to start a family soon..or what about the increasing popularity of contract based jobs? how are young couples going to start a family if they face the possibility that their companies are not going to renew their contracts in a few years time? will a few hundred dollars bonus take care of that?
In addition, did the Gahmen inform the universities as well? how do they expect couples to start young when the universities are suffocating love out of its students like its an unwanted virus? and how is love supposed to blossom and be sustained in such an intensed environment - which incidentally is supposed to prepare our youths for an equally intensed society? the following was taken off my friend's (who is still studying in a local university) blog..
i cant really do anything about it, because exams are just around the corner. i dont want to make a firm decision, because the workload makes me numb and i cant think properly. i dont want to face this, because i dont have the time to. not now. exams are paramount for the next few weeks. please understand.
Neither baby bonuses nor longer maternity leaves nor paternity leave nor any obscene amount of money can help in romancing singapore as long as the root of the problem remains..and this problem is firmly rooted into the grounds and foundation of our highly pressurised and intensed society which shows no mercy and takes no prisoners..and even if you had a degree you may just have to settle for a diploma holder's job..and why? because 1) you have no relevent job experience, 2) you have no first class-honours or in my case 3) yours is a part time degree from a foreign university! because of this wild paper chase..many young relationships end before they can fully blossom..many youths prefer to stay commitment-free to concentrate on "more important" things (i.e. a good job, promotions, first class honours, masters..)..and this is just the beginning of the race which is not about to end too soon..Gahmen want more babies? maybe when we are nearer the finishing line..in about 10 years time..after we get our third promotion!!
"what the world needs now is love sweet love..it's the only thing that there's just too little of..what the world needs now is love sweet love..no not just for some but everyone.."
1 comment:
Very true what you state there. The root of the problem really does go much deeper. And also, young people may not be mature enough to want to commit and start a family.
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