Make babies, not war \ud83d\ude42 Hmm…you have to get married first of course!<\/p>\n
Its not easy to raise kids nowadays. We hear stories of our parents or grandparents raising 6 or 10 children those days, but now, raising 2 children itself is a challenge due to high cost of living.<\/p>\n
Coupled with entry of women into workforce and higher literacy rate for women, the marrying age is getting higher and higher. Marriage at age of 16 or 20 is history. Now, marriage ideas start blooming at late 20s or even early 30s. The, there’s wedding cost to think of. I doubt that a relatively simple Indian wedding can be done within 20K budget per bride\/groom.<\/p>\n
Other communities also face this problem, especially the Chinese. Some chinese guilds are offering incentives for couples to get married.<\/p>\n
The Malays are still doing well, due to government support, larger population, polygamy, and also support for single mothers.<\/p>\n
I don’t suppose MIC can start some of incentive, can they? \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
THE Indian population is on the decline and action must be taken to stop this, MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said, in a Tamil Nesan front-page report.<\/p>\n
He said the current Indian population stood at 7.8%<\/span><\/strong> and this was expected to fall to 7% in five years<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n
Samy Vellu was speaking to reporters after opening Pahang MIC’s 62nd annual delegates conference in a hotel in Genting Highlands yesterday.<\/p>\n