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Butterfly garden at Changi Airport (13 Jun 2014) - ROY NGERNG YI LING does not look like a dangerous radical. An affable, earnest, rather wonkish 33-year-old, he was until June 10th a “patient co-ordinator” in one of Singapore’s public hospitals. He plausibly describes himself as “naive”. Mr Ngerng, however, is now... 

F-16 Fighting Falcon (13 June)     The US Department of Defense has notified Congress of the possible extension of Singapore’s Lockheed Martin F-16 training programme in Arizona. A release by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency has said the five year, $251 million contract would extend the Singapore air force’s Peace... 

My concern, after reading the report “MP offers some radical ideas for healthcare” (May 28), is that in different political camps, the inclination is to think of how to pour in more resources whenever we must find solutions to issues. Worried about healthcare? Spend. Unemployment? Spend. Overcrowding? Spend. While there...