So Much Sex and So Little Babies

Ever wonder why there is so much bonking and so little babies in Singapore?

If the alleged fornications of the following were true, can Lee Hsien Loong's begging for more Singapore babies every year be met if they do it differently?

1. Soon to be Former Hougang MP Yaw Shin Leong alleged extra-marital bonking
2. Former Chief of Singapore Civil Defence Force, Peter Lim's alleged corrupt bonking
3. Former Chief of Central Narcotics Bureau, Ng Boon Gay's alleged corrupt bonking
4. 80 professionals and civil servants (including a top primary school principal) allegedly listed as clients of an internet prostitution ring who now are losing sleep over their libido and K-Bonking

Jokes aside. Let's seriously consider why Singaporeans do not wish to replace themselves with children of their own.

High Cost:
In terms of money, it is getting very costly to have a baby in Singapore. It gets worse when you have to provide them a livelihood and education while they grow up. The labour pain happens not only during delivery of the baby but lasts for 20 years or more. 

• Delivery Cost: It can go by the thousands of dollars even at KK Hospital.
• Food Cost: Starts with breast's followed by formula milk, followed by regular food when they grow up.
• Attire Cost: Starts with diapers (nappies) followed by growing up clothes which can kill when the kids tell you they need stuff like Nike, Adidas etc. Worse, they may ask for 'lagi atas' brands!
• Education Cost: From Nursery School to Tertiary Education. Just take a look at the cost alone at tertiary level of a 4 year Business Program:

  SGD $	Singapore	Australia	USA	UK
  Tuition Fees	$24,440	$144,000	$196,000	$180,000
  Living Cost	$33,000	$75,400	$92,800	$84,000
  Total Cost	$57,740	$219,400	$288,800	$264,000

  Let us assume an inflation rate of just 3% annually for the next 18 years

  SGD $	Singapore	Australia	USA	UK
  Tuition Fees	$24,440	$144,000	$196,000	$180,000
  Tuition Fees inflation	$41,604	$245,150	$333,676	$306,438
  Living Cost	$33,000	$75,400	$92,800	$84,000
  Living Cost inflation	$56,180	$128,363	$157,985	$143,004
  Total Cost @ inflation	$97,784	$373,513	$491,661	$449,442

(Source: Cost of basic business degree in Singapore. (www.nus.edu.sg), Cost of basic business degree in UK, US and Australia (TODAY, 4 October 2005), myCPF http://mycpf.cpf.gov.sg/CPF/my-cpf/have-child/HC5.htm)

• Transport Cost: Starts with the school bus to nursery school and adult fare (sorry no discount) for polytechnic and local university students, not forgetting air fares if your kid can't qualify for local U but need a tertiary education overseas.
• Enrichment Cost: Apart from paying for basic education, enrichment classes is going to cost a bomb, depending on what you go for. Try Learning Lab, anyone?
• Miscellaneous Cost: A computer, a notebook, an ipad and, of course, a smartphone is a must if you want your kid to survive. If a child is a hobbyist, artist and/or active sports person, additional expenses for mountain bike, piano and other sports equipment goes with the territory.

With the ever increasing cost of living - hike in food prices, transportation and the latest announcement of increase in Polytechnics and University fees, it can be scary for average earning couples to contemplate procreating.

Happiness: 

Apart from the material point of view, young couples are concerned about the 'culture' (or lack of it) in Singapore. The 'kiasu', 'kiasi', 'kia bo lui' and 'kia chenghu' mindset inculcated by the power that is, for the past 40 years, to consolidate their power is not helping young couples to celebrate life! The constant threats [Link] and lack of democratic freedom make breathing difficult for vocal concerned Singaporeans. This has created much unhappiness. If they are not happy, can we blame them for not  creating another life to suffer the misery of being a Singaporean? 

Political Leadership:

The latest response to the Yaw Shin Leong's expulsion from Workers' Party by The Chairman and Secretary-General of PAP may be another reason why Singaporeans aren't bonking to have babies. Do you want your child to listen to the following crap?

The face tells . . . 

SINGAPORE - Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said there is no fixed time within which he must call a by-election.
Responding to media queries over the Workers' Party's expulsion of its MP for Hougang, Yaw Shin Leong, Mr Lee said an election is a very serious matter and noted that Singapore just had a General Election less than a year ago. "Now, the Hougang SMC is vacant, as a result of what Mr Yaw Shin Leong has done, and the way the WP has handled the matter". He said that "the WP has let down the voters of Hougang".
On whether a by-election in Hougang will be held, and the timing, Mr Lee said he "will consider the matter carefully". He added that "there are many other issues on the national agenda right now". [Link]


We pay $2.2million (or more, who knows?) to one who who cannot handle a by election because of "many other issues on the national agenda right now"? It is a fooking shame that a PM has to handle such nitty-gritty instead of delegating it to Yammy or someone else in the Election Department. Yes, Singaporeans are ashamed to have their offspring see such "buying and fixing" foot-in-mouth disease! That't why they are not reproducing.

This is worse!

To come clean, I think the Chairman of PAP needs to to let us know why Lee Kuan Yew, Goh Chok Tong, Wong Kan Seng, Mah Bow Tan and Raymond Lim were relieved of their ministerial portfolios after they were voted into Parliament in May 2011. Based on Khaw's whiter than white 'come (cum) cleanliness', why are such ex-ministers seldom seen or heard in the parliamentary proceedings for the past 9 months? Getting 'gaji buta' as MP's? I think the people has been misled by the People Action Party!

Sylvia Lim and Low Thia Kiang of WP has come clean with the fact that Yaw Shin Leong, though given the chance,  did not bother to share with his party when given the opportunity to reveal the truth of the matter. The delay by WP to reveal their stance, compared to the investigation of other cases like Kong Hee or other top civil servants, if to be faulted, must be weighted fairly. Come clean? Yes, please do! We are waiting!

Khaw said that in the political arena one's private life becomes public and one loses all privacy? Now I know why the PAP is suffering in its recruitment drive for new candidates. Does it become so public that one has to strip oneself to show the 'zipper' on one's chest to show one has gone through the trial by fire of a CABG (Coronary Artery Bypass Graft) surgery?  With due respect to Minister Khaw, I beg him to look within himself and his party before spouting crap that may be detrimental to his personal health and that of his party. Having a bypass does not anoint one to be wiser and more righteous than others.

Khaw bragged about his $8 bypass operation. He almost cried and seek sympathy votes for his blistered feet and heart in an 'emo show' [Link] which sadly BG Tan Chuan-Jin picked up to justify his million dollar salary with the 'sacrifice' crap. [Link]

With all the fooking wayangs that's been demonstrated thus far, can we blame Singaporeans for not fooking to have more babies?

Too bad that there's so much sex and so little babies in Singapore!

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Note:

'lagi atas' = higher class (Malay)

'kiasu' = fear of loss (Hokkien)

'kiasi' = fear of death (Hokkien)

'kia bo lui' = fear of no money (Hokkien)

'kia chenghu' = fear of PAP government (Hokkien)

'gaji buta" = blind salary (Malay)