To what extent is Singapore a family-friendly society?
Singapore government has came out with various policies to allow its citizens to spend more time with their family. This is due to the fast-paced lifestyle of Singaporeans who are constantly chasing for time and constantly competiting with others. As such, they do not have much time to spend with family members and this would result in various effects like child negligence. To combat this problem, the goverment has came out with policies like the five-day work week where civil workers would only have to report to work 5 times a week. They would then have the priviledge to spend the entire weekend with their families and would hence have more time with their families. However, not everyone benefits from this policy. For example, taxi drivers and hawkers would still need to continue working.This is due to the fact that "the more the work, the more they earn". They do not have the priviledge of the weekends to spend with their family. This results in them not having the time to spend with their family. It is true that the five-day work week helps Singaporeans have more time but on the flipside, this policy does not cover the entire Singapore population. Hence, it is not entirely true that Singapore is a family-friendly society.
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I agree with your point. However, only civil workers are given the privelege to work for 5 days, what about the larger majority who work for private coporations?
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