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Eugene - Family friendly society
Singapore is a family friendly society as most companies in Singapore have policies that allow their workers to maintain a healthy work-life balance. Most companies in Singapore operate a five day work week, as well as giving their employees at least fourteen days of annual leave, despite guidelines that say employees need only be given fourteen days of annual leave after 8 years of service with the company. This gives employees plenty of time on weekends to spend with their families. They can also take up to about fourteen days paid leave to go on a holiday with their families. This ensures that Singaporean workers can spend enough time with their families even with a busy work schedule. However, just because Singapore has family friendly policies in place does not mean that Singapore workers will appreciate it. Because of Singapore’s highly competitive standards at the workplace, many workers will choose to work overtime or on weekends, and not take all of their annual leave so as to appear more hardworking to the company. This makes all the family friendly policies in Singapore useless as workers in Singapore do not bother even try to maintain a healthy work-life balance. However, the people who do so are a minority in Singapore, and many actually do try to spend time with their families. Therefore, I think that Singapore is effectively a family friendly society.
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How far should a state have a right to monitor the actions of people within its borders?
The government may monitor the actions of people when the actions of people may bring harm to the society. For example, there are black markets around the world. Those black markets sell harmful goods such as cigarettes, drugs which are illegal in the society. When such demerit goods are bought from black market, people may suffer from addiction which influences their families and even the society. Thus, government may monitor the actions of those people are harmful to the society in order to protect the majority of the society. However, someone may argue people have their privacy even when they are doing harmful things. For example, people in Tibet should have their own rights to conserve Buddhism culture. The government should not monitor the action those Tibet people doing their Buddhism staff……
The government may monitor the actions of people when the actions of people may bring harm to the society. For example, there are black markets around the world. Those black markets sell harmful goods such as cigarettes, drugs which are illegal in the society. When such demerit goods are bought from black market, people may suffer from addiction which influences their families and even the society. Thus, government may monitor the actions of those people are harmful to the society in order to protect the majority of the society. However, someone may argue people have their privacy even when they are doing harmful things. For example, people in Tibet should have their own rights to conserve Buddhism culture. The government should not monitor the action those Tibet people doing their Buddhism staff……
[FAIZAAAAH!] Singapore a family-friendly society?
Stand: to a limited extent.
Singapore is trying to promote family bonding amongst its people. The government is aware that family is the basic unit of a society. In order for the society to be better, individuals do have to consider the importance of their families. Thus, the government is promoting the importance of families through various policies. For example, the 5-day work week policy has been implemented in view of this issue. With this policy, families are expected to be able to spend more quality time with one another especially on weekends. Families go on outings such as picnics or do activities together like cycling to strengthen the family unity. However, this policy is not able to include everyone in the country as it can only be applied to the civil servants only. Furthermore, this policy does not ensure that families actually spend time together on the weekends. Many teenagers, especially, would rather spend their weekends together with their friends than their family. This is usually because, at that age, teenagers are obliged to succumb to peer-pressure. For example, teenagers could reject their parent’s offer to go out with the family just to be able to join their friends. Also, parents who are not civil servants are not able to spend their weekends with their children if they have to work on weekends. Therefore, Singapore is not really a family-friendly society just yet, although the government is already aware of such importance and is implementing policies.
Singapore is trying to promote family bonding amongst its people. The government is aware that family is the basic unit of a society. In order for the society to be better, individuals do have to consider the importance of their families. Thus, the government is promoting the importance of families through various policies. For example, the 5-day work week policy has been implemented in view of this issue. With this policy, families are expected to be able to spend more quality time with one another especially on weekends. Families go on outings such as picnics or do activities together like cycling to strengthen the family unity. However, this policy is not able to include everyone in the country as it can only be applied to the civil servants only. Furthermore, this policy does not ensure that families actually spend time together on the weekends. Many teenagers, especially, would rather spend their weekends together with their friends than their family. This is usually because, at that age, teenagers are obliged to succumb to peer-pressure. For example, teenagers could reject their parent’s offer to go out with the family just to be able to join their friends. Also, parents who are not civil servants are not able to spend their weekends with their children if they have to work on weekends. Therefore, Singapore is not really a family-friendly society just yet, although the government is already aware of such importance and is implementing policies.
To what extent is Singapore a family-friendly society? (mjc/2997/jc1/mye)
To what extent is Singapore a family-friendly society? (mjc/2997/jc1/mye)
Singapore is a family-friendly society to a large extent as it provides families in Singapoer with a chance to get together and bond. This is shown from the implementation of the 5-day work week in Singapore which applies for students and most working adults. The 5-day work week would reduce the amount of less effective or meaningful activities, while preserving or enhancing those which add the most value. This would increase efficiency and allow students and adults to have time off during the weekends to be with their families. With more free time during the weekends, families can go for outings over a longer period of time as compared to before, where they would have to work and spend time with their families within a day. However, some people might not be able to follow the 5-day work week closely as they could have difficulties completing their tasks and have to spend the weekends finishing up their work. Also, some people might choose to use the weekends to go out with friends instead of their families and this would not help to strengthen the bonds amongst the family. Hence, I conclude that Singapore is a family-friendly society to a large extent as even though people might not choose to be with their families during the weekends, the government still provides people with a choice to spend more time with their families.
Singapore is a family-friendly society to a large extent as it provides families in Singapoer with a chance to get together and bond. This is shown from the implementation of the 5-day work week in Singapore which applies for students and most working adults. The 5-day work week would reduce the amount of less effective or meaningful activities, while preserving or enhancing those which add the most value. This would increase efficiency and allow students and adults to have time off during the weekends to be with their families. With more free time during the weekends, families can go for outings over a longer period of time as compared to before, where they would have to work and spend time with their families within a day. However, some people might not be able to follow the 5-day work week closely as they could have difficulties completing their tasks and have to spend the weekends finishing up their work. Also, some people might choose to use the weekends to go out with friends instead of their families and this would not help to strengthen the bonds amongst the family. Hence, I conclude that Singapore is a family-friendly society to a large extent as even though people might not choose to be with their families during the weekends, the government still provides people with a choice to spend more time with their families.
Toby-How far should a state have a right to monitor the actions of people within its borders?(gce/2007)
I agree that the state have a right to monitor the actions of people within its borders as long as it does not affect the privacy of the people. A state should monitor the actions of people within its borders to prevent bad events such as terrorism from happening in the country. This could be through the usage of closed-circuit cameras or patrolling around an area. For example, people who are lurking suspiciously in the MRT could be monitored and followed to see what the person is up to. However, it might be difficult as this might be against the personal privacy of the person and makes it bad for the government to monitor. For example a person who is behaving suspiciously in the MRT might just be waiting for a friend. Thus a state should have a right to monitor the actions of people within its borders as long as it does not affect their personal privacy of the person.
i dont understand what i am writing. Sorry.
i dont understand what i am writing. Sorry.
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