Changes have been made in areas such as financial support, work-life harmony and education.
The announcements at National Day Rally 2024 build on goodies put forward in Budgets 2023 and 2024 to support marriage and parenthood.
Married couples with Singaporean babies born on or after Feb 14, 2023, get $3,000 more in the form of the Baby Bonus cash gift. This means eligible first- and second-born children now receive $11,000, up from $8,000. For the third child onwards, this is raised from $10,000 to $13,000. Since August 2022, at least 85 per cent of three-room BTO flats in non-mature estates, 95 per cent of four-room and larger BTO flats in non-mature estates, and 95 per cent of three-room and larger BTO flats in mature estates, have been set aside for first-timer families.
MSF also plans to increase centre-based infant care places by about 70 per cent, or 9,000 more places, by 2030, and pilot infant childminding services as an alternative option to support infant caregiving needs.
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