Actually im with the Deejays. they have the point. they did analyse after receiving many SMS from the public. Although im keen with the 6 mths maternity, having more time to bond with the newborn, but if given us a few options to choose, that would be my least option to choose. Unless your boss and company is very pro-family, else its hard to take full 6 mths away from your job. Its very unsure if ur job will be replaced by someone else who hasnt got married and can be lower salary than yours because nobody is indispensable. They can easily find a replacement. As well, in future when you look for a job, they would rather consider a guy than a woman like us who is still child bearing age. If there are a few options to choose, i would rather govt focus on Childcare, Medical and Education subsidies. Childcare to us is important becos we probably have no grandparents to assist in taking care. Even if we do, at the age of 2 yrs, we would most likely send them to Childcare for sch. The fees to pay is quite expensive even after current subsidy for a normal HDB childcare, lets not talk about sending to better ones. Even if we have a maid, they still need to go sch someday. Medical fee is not cheap for babies under 2yo. Seeing a PD would definitely hit more than $100 per visit. Would be good if there is more subsidy for this although we can use CDA. But CDA can be used in education too. Next is education. Having a child to study for the next 20 yrs is exp in singapore, not even talking about giving tuitions if our kids are lacking behind. Lets not add in enrichment classes like dancing, music, abacus etc, those are wat the parents want the best for their kids..but just talk about sch fees and tuitions fees. Childcare, Medical and Education subsidies are longer terms savings for us. So i guess Singaporean are right in making these choices.
