There were a few points brought up by the commentor, he believes that it is important for the government to impose laws, organise activities for the family as a whole to furhter improve the relations between the family members and for employers to allow flexible working hours for their employees so that they will be able to enjoy quality time with their family to increase the time spent with the family.
Although i agree with him that human is the only resource that Singapore has to rely on and its role in the country is significant in helping to maintain her competiviness in the global market such that our lives must be complete and not in a mess, ibeg to differ in his suggestions to solve these problems.
An occupation is a job that keeps the family in perfect conditions and the family intact. Time should be found to spend with the family outside working hours which may have better results than some who spents lots of time together quarreling. It doesn't help much in improving relationships either. Furthermore, some occuptaions such as white-collared and blue-collared just cannot have flexible working hours to compromise the employees or it would mean the standstill of Singapore's economy. The government can take the initiative to organise more events for the family but it is up to the family member to find time to spent with his/her family. He/she cannot rely solely on her/his employer to change the working hours just for her to spent time enjoying quality time with her family. It just sounds ridiculous.
There are many factors leading to the breakup of marriages and careers are just some excuses to cover the underlying meanings.
Blog:Aw Mun Khay (32/07)
