A very moving scene

Those who caught the Ch 8 show at 8pm earlier shows the kind of sacrifices parents go through in order to give their children the best or in this case, the bare minimum. The main character was an ex-convict and was unemployed. Citing that he had a criminal record plus his youthfulness that led him to have so many tatoos on him made finding work so difficult. I could see that anguish he felt when the whole family had to literally beg for some money just to buy some milk powder for their 2 children. What added to the misery was that certain organisations disallowed him to stay in a 1 rm rented flat unless he waited for 30 months after selling his current flat of which he has quite a lot of mortgage and other charges in arrears.

My point is this: Why can't people give these ex-convicts a second chance when they sincerely and earnestly want to turn over a new leaf? Why must the dumb 30 mth 'wait-out' period be so rigid as to make some groups of people suffer unjustly? I am aware of some who abuse the system but surely the authorities are smart enough to detect. For Sg to be an inclusive and integrated society, we still have a very long way to go....