$70,000 Per Child: What Singapore's New Family Package Actually Changes - E726

Jeremy Au and Shiyan Koh take apart Singapore's new SG Child Support Package: almost $70,000 per Singaporean child paid out over 17 years, more childcare leave, and preschool fees heading towards $150 a month.

Jeremy on why the number only means anything relative to income. Shiyan on why the preschool change matters most. Whether the extra leave actually gets taken, or quietly costs you at work. And the change nobody articulated: every Singapore Citizen child now qualifies regardless of their parents' marital status.

Plus nuclear, transhipment, and their wishlist for the next budget.

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00:00 Introduction

01:33 The $70,000 package, explained

03:26 Why preschool is the biggest piece

06:26 Cash today, or shares that compound to 18

09:03 Sweeping unused payouts into a nest egg

12:15 A voucher society, or a shareholder society

13:38 The pushback: SMEs and the colleagues covering

16:49 Reservist, and the cost of stepping away

21:38 Who qualifies: citizen children, foreign parents

25:34 What about single parents?

29:45 Nuclear: island mergers and a China pact

32:41 Vietnam, transhipment, Dockware and Portcast

36:20 Wishlist for the next budget

39:24 Fifty $50M companies beat one unicorn

43:10 Outro