New chapter in the Singapore Story
Dear Dr Ng, I refer to the 8 Mar 2011 Straits Times report of your Budget 2011 speech. You referred to Singapore's 100-fold increase in nominal per capita GDP from US $400 in 1960 to US$ 40,000 in 2010 as the Singapore story. Kindly refer instead to the University of Pennsylvania's Centre for International Comparisons for the...
Dr Puthucheary, saving babies is different from serving NS
Dear Dr Puthucheary, I refer to the 31 Mar 2011 Straits Times report of your answer to the criticism that you didn't serve national service. You said you spent ten years saving kids' lives. In that case, would you champion for all those who qualify for medical school to be exempt from national service since they would be saving...
Housing Board does have buffer stock of flats
Dear Straits Times, I refer to the 24 Mar 2011 letter by HDB's Mr Ignatius Lourdesamy. Mr Lourdesamy said there is a 10% to 20% buffer from unsold BTO flats and from balance en bloc redevelopment flats. However, according to a 4 Mar 2011 Straits Times report, Mr Mah said there have always been unsold flats over the past decade....
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