To what extent is Singapore a family-friendly society?
Singapore in some point in time might not be family-friendly society in terms of their working hours. Society should be family-friendly as many if not everyone have a family of their own. They are mostly family oriented; many have the power to live because they have their families with them. Some families have parents working till late night. People in the service industries would have to work from 10am to 10pm. The long hours prevent interaction between the child and their parents. The time when parents return home, the child would have fallen asleep. This is one case where Singapore is not a family-friendly society as it reduces interaction within families. However, Singapore government as also implemented policies to curb this problem. Instead of having a 12 weeks maternity leave, it has been extended to a longer period of 16 weeks, for mothers of Singapore citizens children. During the early years of a child’s growth, the accompaniment of a parent is more important than in later years. The government allows mothers to spend longer time with their child in the early years so as to help them build a stronger relationship. The government makes up for the dark side of work by implementing a longer maternity leave, so as to build a family-friendly society. In this way, Singapore has become a more family-friendly society as it cares for the welfare and interaction between each individual and their families.
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ReplyDeleteagree to this wad u had say here :D. esp. how u say about service industries who work long hour and are required to worked even on the weekend :D. there is lack of interaction between child and family. this is the root to many teenage provlem in singapore. :D
ReplyDeletematernity leave=family friendly?
isnt it more bias to women as they to go thru post-natal care. this is more less on family friendly policy. :D xD
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Good suggestion! However i feel that by extendibng the maternity leave, it might result in companies not wanting to hire women. Afterall, when a female worker goes on maternity leave, they still get their pay but no one does their job! Companies will have to hire someone else to do it! Two pay packages are being given out for 1 person's job. 3 months would cause them to make losses. Additional months would cause larger losses!
ReplyDeletei think its well elaborated, but i think u should add in how it is family friendly in terms of the working hours in the topic sentence.
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