Dun be surprised the Familee would henda kaki and go about tying Sporns' fallopian and KKJ tubes when Great Depression II comes!
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</TR><!-- headline one : end --><TR>The Lim couple have six children and a seventh is on the way </TR><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Shuli Sudderuddin
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Mr Henson Lim and wife Serene with their children (clockwise from top left) David, 10; Aaron, 6; Sarah, eight; Ruth, three; Esther, five; and Deborah, one. -- ST PHOTO: STEPHANIE YEOW
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->It is Wednesday morning and Mr Henson Lim's Bishan maisonette echoes with the clattering of two robot vacuum cleaners at work.
'We just bought them last week for $1,700,' said Mr Lim, 44, a ministry partner with the Covenant Vision Ministries. The devices will help his homemaker wife Serene, 39, who is expecting their seventh child. Yes, seventh.
They have two boys and four girls aged between one and 10 years. He works full-time while she single-handedly raises their brood, including home-schooling them. The two robot vacuums are their only source of help so far.
Perks were announced in this year's National Day Rally speech to encourage Singaporeans to get married and have children, but the Lims need no such enticement.
'Initially, we had no plans for such a big family. However, our religion, Christianity, believes that children are an inheritance and reward, and we agree. So we became more open to the idea of having more children,' said Mr Lim, who is open to growing the family.
When the family piles into their Honda Stream for outings, people sometimes give them strange looks.
'People ask if all the kids are mine, or even imply that some may be the result of a previous marriage. They can be very rude,' said Mrs Lim, who used to work in public relations and advertising.
The couple met at the official opening of the Singapore Indoor Stadium in 1989 and married in 1995.
Having six children has led to many changes, including moving to a three-bedroom maisonette from a two-bedroom flat after their fourth child was born.
Mum runs a tight ship at home, waking up by 7.30am and feeding the children before home-schooling them. After lunch, the older five kids do chores.
'I had to teach them to be independent from early on as I don't have six pairs of hands,' she quipped.
Her oldest son, David, 10, can look after his baby sister, Deborah Hope, one, while her three-year-old daughter, Ruth, can feed herself. Their other children are Sarah, eight; Aaron, six; and Esther, five.
With limited spare time and a single income, the Lims have to be frugal. They go for short holidays in Batam and Bintan and husband and wife cannot remember the last time they went to a cinema by themselves.
Mrs Lim also breastfeeds each child till 11/2 years old, cutting back on powdered-milk purchases.
They eat mostly at home and spend only $150 a week on groceries. 'Even though there may be moments when we worry, we have never lacked anything,' said Mr Lim.
The couple are National University of Singapore graduates and come from two-child families.
Asked how the Government can help them, Mr Lim said: 'I would like them to recognise stay-at- home mums. For example, things like tax rebates don't make a difference to housewives.
'My wife works 25 hours a day, eight days a week.'
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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR>Babies: We want more
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><TR>The Lim couple have six children and a seventh is on the way </TR><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Shuli Sudderuddin
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Mr Henson Lim and wife Serene with their children (clockwise from top left) David, 10; Aaron, 6; Sarah, eight; Ruth, three; Esther, five; and Deborah, one. -- ST PHOTO: STEPHANIE YEOW
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->It is Wednesday morning and Mr Henson Lim's Bishan maisonette echoes with the clattering of two robot vacuum cleaners at work.
'We just bought them last week for $1,700,' said Mr Lim, 44, a ministry partner with the Covenant Vision Ministries. The devices will help his homemaker wife Serene, 39, who is expecting their seventh child. Yes, seventh.
They have two boys and four girls aged between one and 10 years. He works full-time while she single-handedly raises their brood, including home-schooling them. The two robot vacuums are their only source of help so far.
Perks were announced in this year's National Day Rally speech to encourage Singaporeans to get married and have children, but the Lims need no such enticement.
'Initially, we had no plans for such a big family. However, our religion, Christianity, believes that children are an inheritance and reward, and we agree. So we became more open to the idea of having more children,' said Mr Lim, who is open to growing the family.
When the family piles into their Honda Stream for outings, people sometimes give them strange looks.
'People ask if all the kids are mine, or even imply that some may be the result of a previous marriage. They can be very rude,' said Mrs Lim, who used to work in public relations and advertising.
The couple met at the official opening of the Singapore Indoor Stadium in 1989 and married in 1995.
Having six children has led to many changes, including moving to a three-bedroom maisonette from a two-bedroom flat after their fourth child was born.
Mum runs a tight ship at home, waking up by 7.30am and feeding the children before home-schooling them. After lunch, the older five kids do chores.
'I had to teach them to be independent from early on as I don't have six pairs of hands,' she quipped.
Her oldest son, David, 10, can look after his baby sister, Deborah Hope, one, while her three-year-old daughter, Ruth, can feed herself. Their other children are Sarah, eight; Aaron, six; and Esther, five.
With limited spare time and a single income, the Lims have to be frugal. They go for short holidays in Batam and Bintan and husband and wife cannot remember the last time they went to a cinema by themselves.
Mrs Lim also breastfeeds each child till 11/2 years old, cutting back on powdered-milk purchases.
They eat mostly at home and spend only $150 a week on groceries. 'Even though there may be moments when we worry, we have never lacked anything,' said Mr Lim.
The couple are National University of Singapore graduates and come from two-child families.
Asked how the Government can help them, Mr Lim said: 'I would like them to recognise stay-at- home mums. For example, things like tax rebates don't make a difference to housewives.
'My wife works 25 hours a day, eight days a week.'
[email protected]
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