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As written on Wikipedia: "Though newer modern policies exhibit 'signs that the government is beginning to recognise the ineffectiveness of a purely monetary approach to increasing birth rates', a former civil servant noted that the government needs 'to learn to fine-tune to the emotions rather than to dollars and cents. It should appeal more to the sense of fulfilment of having children'. Such measures include promoting workplaces that encourage spending time with the family, and creating a 'Romancing Singapore Campaign' that '[directly avoided being linked] to pro-children and pro-family initiatives," since "people get turned off' when the government appears to intervene in such intimate social affairs as marriage."<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_Planning_in_Singapore Population Planning in Singapore]</ref> | As written on Wikipedia: "Though newer modern policies exhibit 'signs that the government is beginning to recognise the ineffectiveness of a purely monetary approach to increasing birth rates', a former civil servant noted that the government needs 'to learn to fine-tune to the emotions rather than to dollars and cents. It should appeal more to the sense of fulfilment of having children'. Such measures include promoting workplaces that encourage spending time with the family, and creating a 'Romancing Singapore Campaign' that '[directly avoided being linked] to pro-children and pro-family initiatives," since "people get turned off' when the government appears to intervene in such intimate social affairs as marriage."<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_Planning_in_Singapore Population Planning in Singapore]</ref> | ||
In Singapore, maternity leave of 16 weeks (with 100% pay) is given to mothers. But this is only for married women whose children are Singaporean citizens (i.e. at least one parents is a Singaporean citizen). The mother must also have worked for at least 90 days before the birth of the child in order to receive maternity leave. The father can get one week off with 100% pay. If the child is not a Singaporean citizen, the mother can take off 12 weeks with 67% of her payment covered.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parental_leave Wikipedia: Parental Leave]</ref> | |||
===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ===What to Get & Where to Get It=== | ||