The public and private sectors should also be encouraged to organise more family-related activities and programmes that family members of their employees can take part in.

The well-being of the family is crucial to the state of our society.

Strong and stable families with commonly shared values, such as love, care and concern, mutual respect, filial responsibility, as well as commitment and communication, do contribute to social cohesion and harmony.

It is the responsibility of parents to nurture and inculcate positive values in their children. They should also help them grow up to be responsible and productive citizens.

According to Confucian teachings, family harmony is the result of good upbringing, which will consequently lead to political order and world peace.

I quote a Chinese proverb to illustrate this point:

'If there is light in the soul, there will be beauty in the person.'

'If there is beauty in the person, there will be harmony in the house.'

'If there is harmony in the house, there will be order in the nation.'

'If there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world.'

Nelson Quah

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