The report reads,"New measures to boost birth rate to be introduced in August... "Hopefully, with a new package of measures, which will be announced next month, and a strong collective desire towards supporting family life in Singapore, our baby count will increase. Employers have to support better work—life practices, friends and relatives have to chip in to help, and most of all, Singaporeans must desire to get married and raise families in the first place. All these require a societal mindset change." Singapore is also studying the procreation policies of countries like Sweden and the United States.
IMO, if it has to do with $$ as it seems to be the case for many, then there's not much the govt can do as afterall raising a family is not about incentives. In the long run, onus is on the parents to raise their child(ren) bonus or not. There's only so much the govt can try to intervene, I think. Ultimately, decision lies with the couple.
Just a thot. Maybe they should introduce wedding bonus before baby bonus because wedding dinner packages are getting so expensive these days it's hardly affordable.
Hmm... If it be not such for me, what care I have good it be?
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