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Dear Straits Times,   I refer to your report dated 20 Jul 2010.   In the report, it is said that the 40,000 resident births in the mid-1980s cannot make up for the 221,600 new jobs created in 2008. But there were 62,900 residents who were unemployed in 2008 so ideally, we should be looking at importing 221,600 - 40,000 - 62,900... 

Dear Dr Amy Khor, I refer to your remarks made in parliament as reported by Straits Times on 20 Jul 2010. You said the government has never undertaken a 'growth-at-all-costs' strategy. But our growth has come at the heavy social cost of sharp rise in housing prices and over crowded trains. These are real costs Singaporeans must... 

Dear Dr Khor, I refer to your speech in parliament as reported by Straits Times on 21 Jul 2010. You referred to MM Lee's speech at the Singapore International Water Week which purported that the government was mindful not to allow heavy pollutive industries using old technology to be set up even in our 'early, deprived' days....