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Dear Professor Rappa, I refer to your 13 Jan 2012 Straits Times article. If you deem people’s sense of envy as having run wild when they compare their salaries with those of the ministers, wouldn’t you also deem ministers’ sense of envy as having run wild too when they compare their salaries with those of the top 1,000... 

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....