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Dear Straits Times, I refer to the 30 May letter by Ms Tan Say Yin, Ms Tan claims that Mr Yaw Shin Leong and Mr Png Eng Huat rode on the coat-tails of Mr Low Thia Khiang and therefore the accusation that young PAP MPs enter parliament by riding on the coat tails of ministers is no longer unique to PAP. I beg to differ. The comparison... 

Dear Mr Desmond Choo, I refer to the 27 May 2012 Straits Times report of your comments after losing the Hougang by-election. You said the slightly increased share of PAP vote is a sign that more people in Hougang agree with your vision. The table below shows that the slight increase amounts to 157 voters or 0.7% of Hougang voters.   WP PAP Spoilt... 

It is always interesting to compare generic statements by politicians and those of potential ‘street artists’. There will be claims like “growth is not an ends but a means” and other broad assertions such as, “growth is necessary for well-being” and “if we are content to be average, we will fail”. Or, perhaps,...