Budget 2025 debate: Louis Ng on reviewing minimum entitlement of paid annual leave
In parliament on Wednesday (Feb 26), MP Louis Ng asked for a review of the policy on the minimum entitlement of “only” seven days of paid annual leave, noting that it is a policy which has not been reviewed for 57 years. “That is a long time to not improve a policy,” he stated. Drawing from his own experience, Mr Ng stated that he still “lives with regret” about not having enough time with his father, who died from prostate cancer 10 years ago. “We forget that there only is one life, and every day working is every day not being with the people we love most,” he said. He also expressed hope that the Budget would give Singaporeans something “even more precious - time”.
In parliament on Wednesday (Feb 26), MP Louis Ng asked for a review of the policy on the minimum entitlement of “only” seven days of paid annual leave, noting that it is a policy which has not been reviewed for 57 years. “That is a long time to not improve a policy,” he stated. Drawing from his own experience, Mr Ng stated that he still “lives with regret” about not having enough time with his father, who died from prostate cancer 10 years ago. “We forget that there only is one life, and every day working is every day not being with the people we love most,” he said. He also expressed hope that the Budget would give Singaporeans something “even more precious - time”.
