Low Birth Rates: Gov Shold Stop Wondering Why...
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No govt in this world has solutions to all problems. Singapore is no exception.
Singaporean should stop thinking that a (PAP) govt has all the solutions and the (PAP) govt should stop projecting/highlighting/implying/glorying that it can solve all (if not most) problems. Somewhere between this line is the reality.
Foreigners (some, not all) blindly compare a developed economy to their third world homeland. They have not live here long enough to see the full picture. Stop glorifying our govt.
Many things in singapore are nice and pretty for the moment/at the moment. But there are serious problems that has not solution yet.
Our
1) 99 years leasehold HDB flat with its runaway price. What happens when it reaches leasehold of 0 year?
2) longterm relationships with our neighbours.
3) tax induced inflation - how much of GST is enough to keep (what our govt claims or implies) our economy running at a first world status?
4) CPF that is increasing in size but actually shrinking in value.
5) racial mix that is becoming more and more complex and uncomfortable.
6) increasing local born senior citizens with younger foreign born PRs. How is this relationship going to work out? Or put it this way - how much of this tension are we prepared to accept?
5) water problem. I remember when I was young and reading in the newspaper about our reservoir drying up due to heatwaves. How many still remember or experienced water rationing? Only a fool would think we can be completely self-sufficient in water supply.
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Unfortunately what u said about those foreigners from neighbouring countries praising Spore blindly is true but forgive them cause they should be taughtOriginally posted by 00011000:No govt in this world has solutions to all problems. Singapore is no exception.
Singaporean should stop thinking that a (PAP) govt has all the solutions and the (PAP) govt should stop projecting/highlighting/implying/glorying that it can solve all (if not most) problems. Somewhere between this line is the reality.
Foreigners (some, not all) blindly compare a developed economy to their third world homeland. They have not live here long enough to see the full picture. Stop glorifying our govt.
Many things in singapore are nice and pretty for the moment/at the moment. But there are serious problems that has not solution yet.
Our
1) 99 years leasehold HDB flat with its runaway price. What happens when it reaches leasehold of 0 year?
2) longterm relationships with our neighbours.
3) tax induced inflation - how much of GST is enough to keep (what our govt claims or implies) our economy running at a first world status?
4) CPF that is increasing in size but actually shrinking in value.
5) racial mix that is becoming more and more complex and uncomfortable.
6) increasing local born senior citizens with younger foreign born PRs. How is this relationship going to work out? Or put it this way - how much of this tension are we prepared to accept?
5) water problem. I remember when I was young and reading in the newspaper about our reservoir drying up due to heatwaves. How many still remember or experienced water rationing? Only a fool would think we can be completely self-sufficient in water supply.
and many many more.....
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Such employers are merely abetting this rogue regime in the shameless act of profiteering.Originally posted by countdracula:this is a govt that has no idea how to deal with rouge employers, it's now less of an exception to have willful employers screwing the regular joes and janes....
the govt wants more babies, but are afraid to enact laws to protect expectant women...work life balance, how many women after giving birth are taking the extra month without risking the sack....why co-pay to receive baby bonus, those in need often have can't claim the full entitlement...the policies are half-hearted, half-thought and half-baked....
more elderly folks now have to work, where's the law to make employment of these group of workers? especially now that retirement is a luxury.....
better pay? what's the minimum wage? none! no even a benchmark to speak of....lol
what's the union doing except making speeches and holding annual dinner and dance?
Maybe, such issues would raise awareness on the relevance of labour and civil rights to people who see no relevance between their livelihood and their disposable rights.
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Originally posted by ShutterBug:
No chance. They will just go on pretending they don't know why, so that they won't have to make any 'welfare' policies, and so they can keep on complaining, and have excuses to do this and that.
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And then they push the blame to us by saying it's because we won't have babies to sustain population and cut down aging. -
Just wanted to add a reminder that even the govt themselves are also employers , so of cos they will pass laws to benefit the employers . Who will get a stone to smash their own feet ? Politics is just abt who can bullshit the best . Toking is always easy its the doing that is difficult . On one hand they asking pple to get more children , on the other hand they get their " professionals " to pass laws that benefit the employers which is also still themself . Don't you pple still get it ?
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Are you living in the real world or are you viewing things through the rose-tinted glasses this regime would so like you to utilise?Originally posted by TWE:Just wanted to add a reminder that even the govt themselves are also employers , so of cos they will pass laws to benefit the employers . Who will get a stone to smash their own feet ? Politics is just abt who can bullshit the best . Toking is always easy its the doing that is difficult . On one hand they asking pple to get more children , on the other hand they get their " professionals " to pass laws that benefit the employers which is also still themself . Don't you pple still get it ?
For the record, examples of countries with strong and independent labour unions who effectively safeguard the interests of workers are aplenty. Are you for a moment suggesting such countries have a defunct civil service with no one on the government's payroll? On the basis of that, is it really all that unimaginable for a government to actually enact legislations that protect the interests of workers?
Just in case you have yet to step out of this Hermit Kingdom and see the real world, you may wish to know that Royal Mail is set to go on strike on 29th June due a breakdown in negotiations for a pay rise...