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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... 

Outgoing President S R Nathan, who has been criticised for having done nothing of note during his 12 years of office, issued a passionate defence of his record in an interview with The Straits Times. President Nathan has been compared unfavourably with his predecessor, President Ong Teng Cheong, largely because the latter was...