Singapore population

[MMM]

tankee:

Housing getting smaller

Yes.... more and more micky mouse houses. Soon we will look like disneyland.

[daisyt]

tankee:

IMO, Singapore is already very crowded. Housing getting smaller and roads getting more jammed, likewise the MRTs.


having more babies or migrants to solve the support of ageing population is not a wise plan. we should explore other means.

Ya lor, everywhere you go, its full of peoples and cars. With ERP, COE, the number of cars still increasing. With baby bonus, the population don't increase much. :?

This is the so called - Society Studies. Happen to see on the newspaper a few days ago, MOE going to introduce one more subject for the higher Sec, Society/Social Studies. I told dd and she was screaming high and low, already taking so many subjects now, what does MOE want ?????? :x

[skunk]

MMM:

Feeding them is probably the \"easiest\" part but making sure that they grow up to be a fine person and do well in life is a bigger challenge.

Sometimes, just feeding them and clothing them and giving them a loving environment is enough to ensure they grow up fine. I've seen more than enough children who didn't grow up fine precisely because the parents are doing too much, not doing too little.

In the old days, so many people grew up fine without parental interference. Just by being there for your child is more than enough, which sadly, many don't do, entrusting that duty to teachers, tutors and childcare centres.

[tankee]

MMM:

tankee:

Housing getting smaller

Yes.... more and more micky mouse houses. Soon we will look like disneyland.

good ! then we no need to go HK or Tokyo for disneyland. :!:

[skunk]

tankee:

IMO, Singapore is already very crowded. Housing getting smaller and roads getting more jammed, likewise the MRTs.


having more babies or migrants to solve the support of ageing population is not a wise plan. we should explore other means.

To support an aging population, everyone needs to have 2 kids. Just replacing themselves as a duty to society. If you don't replace yourself, someone else has to pay more taxes to support you. It is a duty, not necessarily born out of patriotism, but out of consideration to others.

Yes, Singapore is too crowded.....crowded with too many \"guests\" who come and sleep on our beds, eat on our tables...yes, they contribute by helping us sweep our floor, but eventually, they will leave with a full belly and a good night's sleep. I want to see a home filled with our own kids, grandchildren and their progeny, not a house full of guests.

[tankee]

skunk:

....sadly, many don't do, entrusting that duty to teachers, tutors and childcare centres.

agreed. Often I wonder why these parents want to have kids if they do not want to grow with them.

perhaps the child is not planned for in the first place? :stupid:

[daisyt]

skunk:

To support an aging population, everyone needs to have 2 kids. Just replacing themselves as a duty to society.

Topic 1 of Society Studies - Duty to society

[tankee]

skunk:

... To support an aging population, everyone needs to have 2 kids. Just replacing themselves as a duty to society. If you don't replace yourself, someone else has to pay more taxes to support you. It is a duty, not necessarily born out of patriotism, but out of consideration to others. ....

I do not agree with your statement, just as in my DW and I never expect our DS to take care of us when we retire.

To me, it is every citizen's responsibility to ensure that they have enough set aside to take care of themselves when they retire.

[skunk]

tankee:

I do not agree with your statement, just as in my DW and I never expect our DS to take care of us when we retire.

To me, it is every citizen's responsibility to ensure that they have enough set aside to take care of themselves when they retire.

Good point you made, but then that's in the most ideal situation. How about this:

When a childless couple dies, they have reduced the workforce by 2....for the remaining population to have the same level of living, they would have to work harder. Is it societally fair?

I used to think, I also don't want my children to care for me when I'm old, but now i've changed my mind. I want them to take care of me...people taking care of one another is and was the basic foundation of human society.

[skunk]

lovekidsverymuch:

Also more we age we want someone to take care of us

yes, what's a family if we don't take care of one another?

I always tell my wife, \" you, our kids, our dogs, my plants, my work, even my hobbies....they're all nothing but trouble..\"

Then she would say, \"but you love trouble, right?\"

hehe.