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Dear Straits Times, I refer to the following reports on presidential candidate Dr Tan Cheng Bock: - 13 Aug 2011, "No pledge to donate pay because..." - 14 Aug 2011, "Tan Cheng Bock to champion football for national unity". Dr Tan Cheng Bock and wife Dr Tan feels that promising to take a pay cut in return for our votes is a form... 

Dear Mr Shanmugam, I refer to these 8 Aug 2011 Straits Times reports of your statements about the elected president: - He has 'extremely important roles and powers' - President is constitutional head of state You said elections do not give the elected president the right to speak independently. Neither do they deny the president... 

Dear Professor Thio Li-Ann, I refer to your 11 Aug 2011 Straits Times article. While Singapore' presidency is not an executive one, it is not a dumb one either. It can express its own opinion even if it can't execute them. The general principle that the president must act on the advice of the cabinet is confined to official...