Who will care for me? : a qualitative research on the practice of filial piety among the Malays in contemporary Singapore.

• Main Author: Nurlizawaty Jalil.
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Communities, classes and races
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/22123
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Since its legislation in 1996, the “Maintenance of Parent Act” has received considerable attention with regard to the debate on filial obligation. With Singapore’s aging population, a decline in the informal support of the elderly is feared. The paper takes a fresh perspective of the traditional ide...