BMT Compared To Childbirth On Govt Instagram Post, Triggers Netizens

Gov.Sg Compares Childbirth To National Service On Instagram

Having children is often considered a “national duty” of Singaporeans, thanks to the push by our Government to increase the local population. As such, women who have given birth to Singaporean babies have been rewarded with perks galore.

But this explicit link to men serving their national service and women doing their “national duty” takes the cake.

Apparently, official government website Gov.Sg just launched an Instagram profile, and they do sponsored posts as well! One of their sponsored posts was about an attempt to garner publicity for local short film B.M.T (Beijing,Mumbai,Tampines), and it looked like this:

Questionable Caption

While both the poster and the film were beautiful representations of the multi-cultural friendships formed among soldiers during the Basic Military Training (BMT) phase of NS, the caption that accompanied the post wasn’t as well-received.

Instead of talking about the touching story depicted in the film, the caption instead drew a parallel between childbirth and BMT. A question was also posed — Who has it worse?