South Korea: Lights Out To Make Babies!
South Korea has one of the world's lowest birthrate at 1.19 in 2008. There are fears that the country's population will begin to shrink within a decade.
But South Korea's health ministry has come up with a solution: turning off the lights in its offices once a month to encourage staff to go home early and make more babies!
At 7:30 pm every third Wednesday of the month, the switches will be flicked to prepare staff to a different kind of work back at home, that is, helping the country boost its birthrate.
"Going home early may have no direct link to having more kids, but you cannot just completely rule out a possible link between them," says Choi Jin-Sun who is in charge of the project at the ministry.
Going home early to make babies - now, isn't that a noble cause?
South Korea is greatly pressured by low birthrate. With not enough manpower, the country may lose out in the global economic competition.
The lights-out conditioning is just one of the various schemes that the ministry has come out with to boost the birthrate. They have also offered incentives and cash gifts for staff who give birth to more than two babies. Other local governments have even tried matchmaking services to help the country.
South Korean's health ministry should also try herbal medicine alternatives to increase libido!
But South Korea's health ministry has come up with a solution: turning off the lights in its offices once a month to encourage staff to go home early and make more babies!
At 7:30 pm every third Wednesday of the month, the switches will be flicked to prepare staff to a different kind of work back at home, that is, helping the country boost its birthrate.
"Going home early may have no direct link to having more kids, but you cannot just completely rule out a possible link between them," says Choi Jin-Sun who is in charge of the project at the ministry.
Going home early to make babies - now, isn't that a noble cause?
South Korea is greatly pressured by low birthrate. With not enough manpower, the country may lose out in the global economic competition.
The lights-out conditioning is just one of the various schemes that the ministry has come out with to boost the birthrate. They have also offered incentives and cash gifts for staff who give birth to more than two babies. Other local governments have even tried matchmaking services to help the country.
South Korean's health ministry should also try herbal medicine alternatives to increase libido!
Labels: baby, herbal medicines, sex
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1/21/2010
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