New Singapore

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New Singapore
Done By Coral Secondary School Goh Ting Yu (4)
Fion Quak (14) Pow Alice (13) Jonathan Toh (38
)
Bukit Panjang Government High School

Koh Xiao Ting (03) Phang Jing Qi (13)
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Our Prime Minister has decided to step down.
Brigadier General Lee Hsien Loong is the next Pr
ime Minister. In his first Parliamentary Speech,
he has addressed a few urgent issues facing Singa
pore now. He has decided to re-structure
his cabinet and you have been appointed as a
Minister of his Cabinet. You have been task
ed to run a Ministry and propose
relevant policies for the next 5 years in helping
to Remake Singapore. Your Ministry will need t
o study the situation and submit a proposal to P
M.
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Objectives of Presentation

• To present our views on two issues New Mother
  Tongue policy Falling Birth Rate.
  
• To give our suggestions to resolve the issues.

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Preview

• New Mother
• Tongue Policy
• About it
• Pros and cons
• Our suggestions
• Implication

• Falling Birth
• Rate
• Current situation
• Measures taken
• Our suggestions
• Implication

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What they do MOE is also known as the Ministry
Of Education. They take charge of the education
system in the country, including the standard of
subjects and many more What they had done The M
OE had introduced a New Mother Tongue Policy to
students.
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• New Mother Tongue Policy is a new sub-policy that
  has been introduced to students in Singapore.
  
• It is introduced to students who are weaker in
  their Mother Tongue language.
  
• So that they can concentrate in their other
  subjects.

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• It can help students who are weak in Chinese but
  rather good in other subjects.
  
• The government will benefit as more students can
  enter JC.
  
• More students can enter their dream school.
• Students can perform better as they will not have
  to worry too much on their Chinese (if it is
  their weak subject.)

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• The Chinese standard in Singapore will drop.
• Why we people are Chinese yet our Chinese
  standard is so bad.
  
• The Chinese culture might end.
• There will be a demand of new policies for other
  subjects.
  

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• Parents should encourage their children to speak
  more Chinese at home.
  
• Using a different, more interesting and fun
  method of teaching.
  
• Introduce more exciting and fun Chinese workshop
  to cultivate their interest for this language.
  
• Teachers can give more exercises for weaker
  students.

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• The Chinese standard will not drop.
• More people will get interested in Chinese, and
  there might be more activities held in public.
  
• There will be more people going to China to do
  business.
  
• More people will start to migrate.

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What they doAt MCDS, they strive to build a
cohesive and resilient society, where everyone
join hands to make Singapore a place to call
home. What they had done The MCDS are trying t
o solve the birth rate problem Singapore is
facing now.
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• Fewer couples are willing to give birth.
• No time no money
• They would rather to have no children
• than be bad parents.
• Caused a great decline in Singapores
  population.
  
• If actions were not taken as soon as possible,
  in the future Singaporeans will become extinct.

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Measures Taken

• Pro-baby Policy
• Started in 1984.
• It provides financial help for parents.
• Every year, the MCDS is increasing the amount of
  money given in the pro-baby policy, as it is not
  responding well.
  
• Like in 2001, baby bonus of up to 9,000 for the
  second child, and up to 18,000 for the third
  child.

• Maternity Leave
• It is a long period of time given to mothers for
  them to rest and get use to their babies.
  
• They are unable to catch up with the current
  situation in the office.

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Suggestions

• More child care centres
• Reduce school fees
• Shift tax burdens
• Mothers are allowed to work at home
• Fathers should help by doing household chores

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Implications

• More parents will give birth.
• Parents will change their point of view towards
  having babies.
  
• Parents can leave their babies at child care and
  leave for work without much worry.
  
• When mothers are allowed to work at home, they
  will be able to catch up with the current
  situation in office.
  

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Reflection
Communication

• We were unable to communicate well. Using the
  internet makes us feel that we are still
  strangers although we had been doing the project
  for half a year.
• We were unable to get a immediate respond/
  answer, hence the discussion was slow. It is time
  consuming.
  
• We were unable to get a common time, hence it was
  a hard discussion. It would be a lot more
  convenient if we work with our own classmates.
  

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Discussion

• We are able to share as much information and
  ideas as possible about the given topic.
  
• We did not go out of point, but always focus on
  the topic.
  
• We were able to come out with the powerpoint
  presentation according to the discussion in the
  forum.
  

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What we have learnt

• Communication in a group is very important .
• All the group members have to be responsible.
• Teamwork is important too.
• We should respect every team members ideas and
  opinion.
  

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Thank you for your kind attention!