Well, the general election is soon and all the BN members would use all kinds of tactics to retain the ruling position.
But they have left out one thing that the rakyat of Malaysia is not going into the spell of the few goodies. The maternity eave issue has caught many in surprise. Of course there were many pros and a section of it against the stupid number.
Will this 84 -day helps to foster the family values ?
Certainly not, the long term measure should allow the mothers to return the work force when their children have grown up.The mothers not need a 84 number but they need in hundreds of days to watch the babies turn into the adulthood.
Good mothers produce good citizens and good citizens in turn produce high quality workforce for the country.The mothers have the role to play, it is not number of 84.
I could not understand the government of Malaysia would come out of this number game instaed leading the rakyat to look in the long term.
Allow the mothers to retrun to the workforce but not once they leave the company or government service they are barred for life.
Don't be a silly planner Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil. We have a country in the south to be modelled after, why come out with plans that may not possible to fulfill.
The Star Online > Nation
Saturday August 12, 2006
84 reasons for seeking 84 days off
KUALA LUMPUR: Eighty-four reasons to have 84 days off after civil servants give birth – that's what the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry will submit to the Cabinet.
Topping the list is that it will increase productivity, as it will encourage more women to join the workforce, said its Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil.
“Women may choose to quit their jobs after having children as they lack family support unlike in the old days when their whole family, or even the entire kampung, would assist in looking after the child. Now they have to be on their own with their husband,” she said.
Currently, women get 60 days' maternity leave.
Last month, Shahrizat said the ministry was pushing for longer maternity leave because most women now work and needed time to recover after delivery.
She said the extended maternity leave would encourage women to have more children and hence increase the population of the country.
“We have to prepare the nation to be more family-friendly because women comprise half of the workforce in the country. We have to create a better working condition if we want women to get married and have more children,” she said here yesterday after attending the brainstorming session to discuss gender issues.
Shahrizat said her ministry had sent the memorandum on the leave proposal to all the ministries for feedback before submitting the reasons to the Cabinet for discussion.
“Some people support the proposal but some are concerned that it would affect productivity. We appreciate their views and will look into them seriously. Regardless of the proposal we make, we want to make sure that it does not affect productivity,” she said.
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