Cherlyn/ To what extent is Singapore a family-friendly society?

Singapore may be a family-friendly society as long as Singapore is not a work-driven society where people always see their work as the most important thing to do. Parents must be able to have time to spend with their families and not spent all their time only on work. To make Singapore more family-friendly, the government has step in by implementing some policies as well. For example, the five-day work week has been implemented into civil service to reduce work pressure and to improve the quality of family life. This enables parents who are working in the civil service sector to be able to spend more time with their children during the weekends, thus promoting a family-friendly society. However, Singapore may not be a family-friendly society as there are still parents out there who still spend most of their time on work. Not everybody have the privilege to have enough time to spent with their families. For example, the five-day work week only targets the people working in the civil service. Hence, only a minority of the people are able to spend their weekends with their families. Those people who are working in the private sector or are self-employed may not have the time to spend with their families due to their heavy work load. Hence, Singapore may not be a family-friendly society as only a minority of Singaporeans are able to have spare time to spend with their families and the majority is still too busy with their work to have time taken off to spend time with their families.