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Dear Mr Calvin Cheng, I refer to your 10 Jan 2012 Straits Times article. You refer to hospitalization benefits, housing benefits and tax exemptions as hidden perks in other countries. But hospitalization benefit is not a perk. No one will want to stay in a hospital for two weeks every year just to claim hospitalization benefits.... 

Dear Zaobao's editor, I refer to the 11 Jan 2012 Straits Times translation of your 9 Jan 2012 Zaobao's commentary on ministerial pay. The Economist Intelligence Unit's Democracy Index classifies Singapore as a hybrid regime between flawed democracy and authoritarian regime. Many other international rankings report the same thing.... 

Dear Mr Lee Kuan Yew, I refer to the 19 Jan 2012 Straits Times report of your comments on ministerial salaries. You said unless we have high quality men and women to serve as PM and ministers, Singapore the little red dot will become a black spot. Belgium reportedly had no government for more than a year, yet Belgium didn't...