Wow!! more money and help for the young parents!!!

[steffychun]

Are many men erecting their dicks without condoms on after this?

 

[neddy]

At least the govt is trying to do something, but is it enough?

They are not addressing the underlying reasons or undertaking more comprehensive reforms.

S$2b package in another attempt to boost the country's low fertility rate.

Under the Parenthood Priority Scheme, up to 30 per cent of new public flats in matured and non-matured estates will be set aside for couples with children under the age of 16.

Also new is a Parenthood Provisional Housing scheme for this group of parents, who can rent a flat from the HDB while they wait for their new flats to be ready.

The HDB will launch about 1,150 units of three-, four- and five-room flats by the end of this month which can be rented out at between S$800 and S$1,900.

The latest measures are the third round of enhancements to the Marriage and Parenthood package. It will cost the government S$2 billion a year -- higher than the S$1.6 billion in the 2008 package.

It also covers areas such as assisted reproduction, healthcare and paternity leave.