government worried about shortage of male birth?
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http://sg.news.yahoo.com/031214/5/singapore61957.html
guess not enough male singaporean to serve army... -
It's more than just male babies at stake here. I think if we go on like this.....Singapore and all it stands for will be eclipse by this huge influx of foreign workers.
Not to mention the young ones who will be carrying an even heavier burden.......don't blame them when they emigrate.
We need to lighten up and let loose. There's more to life, that we are ignoring........sigh not to mention the lack of SEX DRIVE.
Damm! Government should be worried about how to get 'willies' on hyper drive for this fast disappearing Singaporean Male 'babies'.
NS is one place to start. -
the government is always worrying about one thing or another; it is their job to worry.
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The male population has been on decline for some time liao.Started with my batch of 1985 where 1.5 girls was borned for every male.However there was 1 year i think 1993 that the male-female ratio became 1.3:1 so it kinds of even up i guess....over all the ratio is around 1.01 males to 1 female which is quite bad though China is much much worse with something like 3 males for every female
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All of us better get worried. A lot is at stake. We will have to carry the burden of taking care of our aging parents and many other elderly who do not have any children. It will also be a serious emotional and financial burden. The economy cannot be sustained with an aging population.Originally posted by AzRaeL:the government is always worrying about one thing or another; it is their job to worry.
Migrating to other countries will not solve the problem as US & Europe are facing this problem as well.
As for NS, be prepared that girls got to serve if the situation doesn't improve. -
simple solution: make girls serve NS too
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The battle of the future lies not at the grounds; it lies with the computers
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DEC 15, 2003
Govt exploring 'total solution' to baby shortfall
THE Government will adopt a more comprehensive approach to the problem of falling birth rates and sees the use of packages of financial incentives as only a part of this overall scheme.
Warning of a sterile Singapore of the future, which would mean an older workforce and a weakened Singapore Armed Forces, Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Security and Defence, Dr Tony Tan, said the Government would be exploring ideas towards a total solution to the population shortfall.
Said Dr Tan to reporters, after opening the Care Corner Family Service Centre (Admiralty) at Woodlands Avenue 6 yesterday: 'Of course, we have to help young parents with their financial needs and we are doing this through a variety of ways, like the baby bonus and Edusave.
'But we need to take a total approach if we want to have strong families in Singapore, which is what Minister Lim Hng Kiang will be looking into, together with the other government ministries.'
On Dec 7, Mr Lim, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office and Second Minister for Finance, announced the Government was looking into possible financial schemes to help working parents with babies pay for qualified caregivers.
But Dr Tan made it clear that the objective was not just to have more children, but to take good care of them and give them the best chance of success.
'We will be brainstorming to come up with new schemes... I think, people like Care Corner will be able to give a lot of valuable advice.'
Last year, there were 40,864 births, down from 41,451 births in 2001. There were 31,171 births in the first nine months of this year, versus 33,618 in the same period last year.
Said Dr Tan: 'I think children are wonderful; they make life interesting. Without them, where would Singapore be?'[/img] -
we'll play StreetFighter.Originally posted by sgboy2004:The battle of the future lies not at the grounds; it lies with the computers
their champion vs our champion: winner takes all -
We need to walk, breathe, eat and talk SEX!Originally posted by AzRaeL:we'll play StreetFighter.
their champion vs our champion: winner takes all
I think NS is one vehicle......another one is porn on the internet (ok it's already happening)........TVs complain about lack of viewer-ships.........well, where's the Bayshore thingy?
Our NS men has to be horny ALL THE WAY! We have to train them in safe sex. Then you get the girls into NS. Heh Heh Heh...
Singapore going to get mega babies.
Then you look at strong families.
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seriously... why not the government give every family that has 4 babies a free house of their choice which they cannot sell on the market for profit...
plus a free car with no COE and road tax for 15 years?
furthermore... if the economy go into recession... for every baby in the family.. the household gets 1000 dollar per month until economy recovers... 
and we can also encourage the ladies to give birth by telling them to have 1 babies by age 25... or in the army they go... muahahahahaa.....
if they have babies.. they will be automatically discharge from NS. -
heh... my girl plan to have a kid at 25 actually... but now... economy like this plus living expenses so fookin high... hard to realise that dream..Originally posted by tripwire:seriously... why not the government give every family that has 4 babies a free house of their choice which they cannot sell on the market for profit...
plus a free car with no COE and road tax for 15 years?
furthermore... if the economy go into recession... for every baby in the family.. the household gets 1000 dollar per month until economy recovers...
and we can also encourage the ladies to give birth by telling them to have 1 babies by age 25... or in the army they go... muahahahahaa.....
if they have babies.. they will be automatically discharge from NS.
So... Migrating with my girl is the way out fer me... Call me unpatriotic but I'm getting outta here... -
And err where do you intend to run to? The whole world is facing the same problem.It is just as tough or maybe even tougher to strike it out overseas.
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bye..Originally posted by Moonstriker:heh... my girl plan to have a kid at 25 actually... but now... economy like this plus living expenses so fookin high... hard to realise that dream..
So... Migrating with my girl is the way out fer me... Call me unpatriotic but I'm getting outta here...
aiyah..dun lah..from one shit to another shit..might as well stay awhile see if things get any better..if not go lor..
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Originally posted by Moonstriker:
Wah! your girls is so brave! Have a kid at 25! Wow! Thats is very young! Is she not afriad of labour pain when giving birth and have to carry a baby for 10 months and have to take care of the kid for 18 years! I have heard report of girls who suffer so much pain and suffering when bringing their first born child into this world that they do not wish to have another baby again!
heh... [b]my girl plan to have a kid at 25 actually... but now... economy like this plus living expenses so fookin high... hard to realise that dream..
So... Migrating with my girl is the way out fer me... Call me unpatriotic but I'm getting outta here...
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NS is nothing compare to the pain and suffering girls went through to bring a life into this world!
You should be grateful and thank your girl for being willing to bear you children! -
Originally posted by want to know:
Don't have also nevermind, less mouths to feed.
You should be grateful and thank your girl for being willing to bear you children![/b] -
Originally posted by want to know:
Excuse me, while pregnancy and birth may be biologically amazing, and cause some amount of suffering, it would be unreasonable and illogical to say that this kind of suffering is the ultimate in terms of the human experience. Sometimes when girls complain about how painful such a creative process is, I wonder if they would gladly trade pregnancy for concentration camp victim conditions or life in the freezing foxholes where death comes either through extreme cold, trench foot, getting your limbs blown off by shells or your guts torn from your body by bullets leaving you to writhe on the ground bleeding out large amounts of blood.
Wah! your girls is so brave! Have a kid at 25! Wow! Thats is very young! Is she not afriad of labour pain when giving birth and have to carry a baby for 10 months and have to take care of the kid for 18 years! I have heard report of girls who suffer so much pain and suffering when bringing their first born child into this world that they do not wish to have another baby again!
[b]NS is nothing compare to the pain and suffering girls went through to bring a life into this world!
You should be grateful and thank your girl for being willing to bear you children![/b]
Excuse me, but childbirth, noble as it may be, is no way near the top of humanity's greatest sufferings, if anything, men are right there alongside women in taking pain, if not, they tend to take more of the nonsense that humans do to each other.
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G with the help of Mr Lim Hng Kiang, is looking for a "total approach"??? I would like to know meaning of that?Originally posted by tripwire:seriously... why not the government give every family that has 4 babies a free house of their choice which they cannot sell on the market for profit...
plus a free car with no COE and road tax for 15 years?
furthermore... if the economy go into recession... for every baby in the family.. the household gets 1000 dollar per month until economy recovers...
and we can also encourage the ladies to give birth by telling them to have 1 babies by age 25... or in the army they go... muahahahahaa.....
if they have babies.. they will be automatically discharge from NS.
Sounds scary........... -
25 young? my mum had me when she was 21.. lolz...
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i dare bet that brainless LHK cannot come up with any better idea then me....
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Can la... make all the male foreign PR serve 2 year NS la ... maybe at least at the 2nd frontline of battle ...Originally posted by tripwire:i dare bet that brainless LHK cannot come up with any better idea then me....
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Come over to Canada. Great place to raise kids. Lower (in fact, much lower) cost of living than S'pore or even Australia. The gov't here actually encourages you to have kids by contributing $$$ to your child's Edusave (they call its RESPs in Canada), so that they have money to go all the way to university without taking too much a burden on you. Plus, they give you plenty of tax breaks for having kids...public school fees( secondary level) is only about $35-40 a year; and you don't have to buy textbooks too...you just take a 'long-term loan' from the school library for the entire school year and then just return it at the end. Neat huh?Originally posted by Moonstriker:heh... my girl plan to have a kid at 25 actually... but now... economy like this plus living expenses so fookin high... hard to realise that dream..
So... Migrating with my girl is the way out fer me... Call me unpatriotic but I'm getting outta here...
Having a car is damn affordable, and so is a house. Big S'porean community too...especially in Vancouver; you'll never feel like you're away from home. Plus, the scenary is great. -
I read from newspaper report that having children is more than just giving them money to have children or the cost of having children.Originally posted by Tango1:Come over to Canada. Great place to raise kids. Lower (in fact, much lower) cost of living than S'pore or even Australia. The gov't here actually encourages you to have kids by contributing $$$ to your child's Edusave (they call its RESPs in Canada), so that they have money to go all the way to university without taking too much a burden on you. Plus, they give you plenty of tax breaks for having kids...public school fees( secondary level) is only about $35-40 a year; and you don't have to buy textbooks too...you just take a 'long-term loan' from the school library for the entire school year and then just return it at the end. Neat huh?
Having a car is damn affordable, and so is a house. Big S'porean community too...especially in Vancouver; you'll never feel like you're away from home. Plus, the scenary is great. -
Excuse me, while pregnancy and birth may be biologically amazing, and cause some amount of suffering, it would be unreasonable and illogical to say that this kind of suffering is the ultimate in terms of the human experience. Sometimes when girls complain about how painful such a creative process is, I wonder if they would gladly trade pregnancy for concentration camp victim conditions or life in the freezing foxholes where death comes either through extreme cold, trench foot, getting your limbs blown off by shells or your guts torn from your body by bullets leaving you to writhe on the ground bleeding out large amounts of blood.
Excuse me, but childbirth, noble as it may be, is no way near the top of humanity's greatest sufferings, if anything, men are right there alongside women in taking pain, if not, they tend to take more of the nonsense that humans do to each other.
So there.
Well said tyro! -
yea and pay 55% for income taxOriginally posted by Tango1:Come over to Canada. Great place to raise kids. Lower (in fact, much lower) cost of living than S'pore or even Australia. The gov't here actually encourages you to have kids by contributing $$$ to your child's Edusave (they call its RESPs in Canada), so that they have money to go all the way to university without taking too much a burden on you. Plus, they give you plenty of tax breaks for having kids...public school fees( secondary level) is only about $35-40 a year; and you don't have to buy textbooks too...you just take a 'long-term loan' from the school library for the entire school year and then just return it at the end. Neat huh?
Having a car is damn affordable, and so is a house. Big S'porean community too...especially in Vancouver; you'll never feel like you're away from home. Plus, the scenary is great.