
Mers cases in Korea jump to 15 – one spread to China
MERS Virus SEOUL, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Fears of the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) have spread from South Korea to China on a combination of carelessness among individuals and medical staff, as well as the bungling of initial response by the South Korean government. As of Sunday, the number of South Koreans infected...

Tharman, petrol hike didn’t encourage less car usage
DPM Tharman Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said that the hike in petrol duties was to "encourage less car usage and reduce carbon emissions" ("Petrol duty up but there's a one-year road tax rebate"; Feb 24). I wonder if the Finance Ministry has done a study to see if there has indeed been a...

FT students can fill retailers’ part-time staff needs
I empathise with Ms Mary Chan Pheck Li on the difficulties retailers face as they must now depend more on local part-time staff ("Understand difficulties retail staff face"; last Friday). One solution is to ease restrictions on foreign students working part time. Currently, foreign students are not allowed to work part time...
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