Sentosa Welcums Maids But Not Elderly Sporns!

[makapaaa]

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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->UNDER the Sentosa Islander Family membership scheme, a family unit consists of a man, his wife and children, including a domestic helper (if any) - totalling not more than five persons in all.
Grandparents are, however, not classified as immediate family members under the scheme, and can apply for membership only as individual members.
I find that policy rather worrying and possibly sending a wrong message: How can a domestic helper be considered a part of the "immediate family" but not one's grandparents?
Filial piety is something deeply treasured in the Asian society. Instead of encouraging it, organisations seem to be increasingly undermining it.
Our parents have worked long and hard for us and according them the right respect is something we should uphold. Classifying them as "less-immediate" family than domestic helpers is robbing them of the respect they deserve.
Tina Lim (Ms)

 

[khaw boon wan]

But they are better off in Johor Bahru!

It is easier for children to visit their grandparents in Johor than Sentosa.

:oIo::oIo::oIo:

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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->UNDER the Sentosa Islander Family membership scheme, a family unit consists of a man, his wife and children, including a domestic helper (if any) - totalling not more than five persons in all.
Grandparents are, however, not classified as immediate family members under the scheme, and can apply for membership only as individual members.
I find that policy rather worrying and possibly sending a wrong message: How can a domestic helper be considered a part of the "immediate family" but not one's grandparents?
Filial piety is something deeply treasured in the Asian society. Instead of encouraging it, organisations seem to be increasingly undermining it.
Our parents have worked long and hard for us and according them the right respect is something we should uphold. Classifying them as "less-immediate" family than domestic helpers is robbing them of the respect they deserve.
Tina Lim (Ms)

 

[poore]

uniquely singapore!!!