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REACH (reaching everyone for active citizenry@ home) is set up in October 2006 as part of the restructuring plans for the Feedback Unit to move beyond gathering public feedback, and to become the lead agency for engaging and connecting with citizens.
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I am fasinated by the government policy to encourage people to have more babies, like the 4 months fertality leaves, 6 days child care leave, 1 week leave for babies until 2 years old, etc.
However i feel that the government can do more for another gorup of people who want to have children. There are mor and more singaporean man marrying foreign wife. For these group of people, their wife are mostly don’t work. They are people who want to setup a family and have children, however it is tough for the only working husband to feed a fmily of too many children, so many may only have 1 or 2 children.
I feel that the government effort will produce more results for these group of people who want to have babies but cannot afford, than to pushing so hard for people who don’t want to have babies.
However I feel that the governemnt did not do enough for this group of people as the wife does not get any benefits of leaves or other things.
I am not a fan of any Prime Ministers, but I am beginning to admire Mr Lee Hsien Loong. His recent National Day speech would score 100/100 marks from me. I love the part when he gave personal examples.
I am a mother of two, and we are trying for more, not because of the incentives the government has been or will be giving out, but this is in our mindset, and it is part of our life goals – to have more children.
In order to make childbearing more bearable, the government must tackle the baby problem from all angles – basically the government must make Singapore to be a place which is affordable and enjoyable to live in.
For example, the cost of taking public transportation should be as low as possible. The lower the cost for the commuters, the better the Key Performance Indicator for the CEO of public transportation; i.e. if he/she is not able to keep the costs down for commuters, then, he/she has failed. KPIs should not be about profits and adding unnecessary features in mass transportations which the commuters do not need. With certain sectors, particularly child care, education and health care – it should be about keeping costs as low as possible. Luxuries such as cars, holiday travels, other status symbols items (includes cigarettes and liquor), I really do not mind if the government impose a hefy tax on these items.
As for ‘enjoyable to live in’ – I am talking about a gracious society with no rat race mentality.