Support your parents or the law may do it for you, says minister
[2009] 13 Jun_ST
AN ACT to ensure that parents are supported by their children may be amended to allow a third party to invoke it, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Lim Boon Heng said yesterday.
Right now, the Maintenance of Parents Act can be invoked only by parents themselves, who may be reluctant to do so, Mr Lim told reporters.
Last month, the Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports Vivian Balakrishnan told Parliament that the Act would be reviewed to enhance support for the elderly.
Mr Lim said children should do their duty and look after their parents.
'It is not a good thing to have to invoke the Act to force a child to carry out his or her responsibility, but it is something that is necessary in today's context,' he said.
He said there was a need to 'redouble efforts in public education to emphasise the importance of filial piety'.
The hope is for education and peer pressure to reduce the need to resort to the law.
He said everyone had a role to play, including religious organisations, civic organisations and even parents.
'I think it is our duty to teach our children from young what the relationship should be.'
竟然有奉養父母法令?
父母老 了 會照料他們給他們生活費是人類的本性
有些動物也都不會把父母吃掉 而會找食物給它們吃
家 有兩老並不難養吧
他們沒牙吃大魚大肉了 要的只是清粥小菜
Chanel沒設計 給老人穿的衣服了 他們要的是舒服的棉衣
Subaru的車速太快了會太刺激 他們只想在能走的時候散散步
三 層的洋房根本是累人 只要搖椅和床就是他們的家
一個月花得了你多少?買個SKII產品或是新的iphone? 
請 問新加坡的孩子出了什麼毛病
你們也會老去 你們的孩子會和你們一樣把你們丟棄
這 就是一個國家過與快速成長的後果
人民的心裡建設根本不成熟 可悲

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