Ministerial pay – a view from the outside
Dear Straits Times, I refer to the 16 Jan 2012 letter by Mr David Grant. Mr Grant offers Singaporeans an outsider’s view of the political wage issue. What Mr Grant offers is not the general outsider’s view but one American’s perspective only. There may be countless other Americans who think otherwise. Even if it is the...
Growing pains in growing fairly
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...
Rebutting an Indian national who commented on Singapore politics on ST Forum
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...
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