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Murakano
Joined: 10 Sep 2009
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 Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 3:29 am Post subject: Koreans told to go home early and make babies |
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Video in below link
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8469532.stm
South Korean government workers are being given an unusual instruction - go home and multiply.
At 1900 on Wednesday, officials at the Ministry of Health will turn off all the lights in the building.
They want to encourage staff to go home to their families and, well, make bigger ones. They plan to repeat the experiment every month.
The country has one of the world's lowest birth rates, lower even than neighbouring Japan.
Boosting the number of newborn children is a priority for the government, which is staring into the abyss of a rapidly ageing society, falling levels of manpower and spiralling health care costs.
The Ministry of Health, now sometimes jokingly referred to as the Ministry of Matchmaking, is in charge of spearheading this drive, and it clearly believes its staff should lead by example.
Generous gift vouchers are on offer for officials who have more than one child, and the department organises social gatherings in the hope of fostering love amongst its bureaucrats.
But critics say what is really needed is widescale reform to tackle the burdensome cost of childcare and education that puts many young people off starting a family. |
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Fox
Joined: 04 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 3:53 am Post subject: Re: Koreans told to go home early and make babies |
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| Murakano wrote: |
| But critics say what is really needed is widescale reform to tackle the burdensome cost of childcare and education that puts many young people off starting a family. |
Raising a child in Korea actually isn't that expensive, until you add in the 학원 factor. If Koreans cut that high cost, low return behavior out of their system, children would suddenly be a lot more affordable. |
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Julius
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 4:18 am Post subject: |
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Isn't it kinda patronising/ vaguely insulting to be told to go home and make more babies?
What next, fines for women who don't want to get married?
Bring on the immigrants is all I can say. |
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Olivencia
Joined: 08 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 4:19 am Post subject: |
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Why not just open the floodgates and allow a whole mess of immigrants in?
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The government should produce patriotic films on spicing up your sex life......ya know a militaristic drum beat to get her in the mood with passionate chants in the background extolling the "political act". |
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BoholDiver
Joined: 03 Oct 2009
Location: Canada
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| Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 6:32 am Post subject: |
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I agree, tackle the social problems that prevent people from having children.
Not just education. You should look at the price of baby products here. Over double to that of Canada. I am not sure of other places. |
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Olivencia
Joined: 08 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 6:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah I know...have more kids have more kids but when those bills start piling up when those puppies start popping out...hey take responsibility for your own actions. |
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