TR EMERITUS

Dear Mr Yeo Sam Jo, I refer to your Straits Times article dated 5 Jul 2010. You criticise Singaporeans for 'scorning' our paddlers who helped us win gold in Moscow. But Singaporeans did not 'scorn' our paddlers for winning gold, we merely pointed out the fact that some of our paddlers are hardly Singaporean for one, two years... 

Dear Straits Times editor,  I refer to the letter by Mr Cheng Shoong Tat dated 11 Jun 2010.  Mr Cheng used the example of his own mother who, despite not speaking any English, is a thoroughly born and bred Singaporean to illustrate that being Singaporean doesn't mean that one has to speak English. But the Singaporean-ness... 

Dear Ms Chua,   I refer to your article dated 20 Apr 2010.   You said it is disingenuous to either 'do something drastic' or 'do nothing' because either action would cause the majority of Singaporeans who are neither first-time home owners nor super rich to be worse off. It is indeed disingenuous of you to think that the majority...