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The Straits Times carried a headline today (19 Dec), quoting the Education Minister that the "Practice of withholding result slips over fees should be reviewed" When this issues was first surfaced by Gilbert Goh, MOE held on to its “long standing practice” reasoning. To any layman, such an action by MOE was unkind and... 

My late father would sometimes give praises to a minority of PAP ministers, especially Dr Goh Keng Swee. To put it simply, the “old guard” Ministers were the ones who created great value to Singaporeans, not only in monetary terms but also intrinsic intangible values such as being a proud Singaporean. They made great contributions... 

I welcome Minister Ong Ye Kung's statement that MOE would review its practice of withholding the original PSLE result slip of students who have outstanding school fees. While the final policy decision is still some time away, his statement demonstrates my beliefs that opposition parliamentarians can play constructive roles in...