James on September 16th, 2008

Hi Folks,
Since the announcement of the new enhanced baby bonus by Prime Minister Lee during the National Day Rally speech 2008, I have been asking friends if they will have more childrens given the new enhance bonus. The answer is “No”.
I then asked my friends who had babies since the announcement of previous baby bonuses [...]

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James on August 23rd, 2008

Hi Folks,
While mums-to-be celebrates their unexpected windfall from the baby bonus announced during this years National Day Rally and other Singaporeans make plans to contribute to Singapore’s birth rate, smaller companies are probably cursing and swearing.
Smaller companies typically have less financial resources and runs on minimum manpower for each job description. There are usually no [...]

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Hi Folks,
Mums-to-be called on the Singapore Government to move forward the baby bonus dateline to benefit those who are delivering between now and 1st Jan 09. Guess what? They got what they asked for.
Some benefits were backdated to 17th Aug 08, the day PM Lee announced the news, while others which required legislative changes would [...]

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Hi Folks,
If you have been listening to the news lately, you would have known about the new baby bonus announced during National Day Rally. If you have not seen it, check it out here.
While I applaud the governments move to help Singaporeans procreate, there are those who are unconvinced. Here are some related stories:

“Birth bait [...]

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