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Dear Dr Tan Khee Giap, I refer to your 4 Jan 2012 Straits Times article. By comparing Singapore's average GDP growth of 9.3% from 1987 to 1997 and 5.5% from 1998 to 2008 with Hong Kong's average GDP growth of 6% from 1987 to 1997 and 3% the following decade; you concluded that the Singapore government was able to squeeze more... 

Dear Straits Times, I refer to the 12 Jan 2012 letter by Mr Marcel J Misquith. Mr Misquith claims that the politician's job is more complex than that of the CEO's because the minister's task is multi-dimensional comprising wealth creation, job creation, infrastructure and security compared to the CEO's task which he claims is... 

Dear Straits Times, I refer to your 11 Dec 2011 editorial on Lee Kuan Yew's bilingual policy. You said the policy was, from LKY's perspective, first and foremost about the integration of segregated ethnic communities through a common tongue of international economic value. It may be worth noting that the bilingual policy was...