TR EMERITUS

Dear Mr Tharman, I refer to paragraph 109 of your Budget 2012 round up speech [1] on the $1.1 billion government package to buy and operate 550 new buses. A check on the SGX website on 17 Mar 2012 showed that SBS shares last transacted at $1.71. Since there are currently 308,629,766 SBS shares issued [2], the current SBS market... 

(This letter was sent to the ST forum but it remains to be seen if it will be published) Dear Straits Times, I refer to the 15 Mar 2012 letter by Mr Daniel Chan. Mr Chan applauds the education ministry for doing the right thing in giving cash to students for demonstrating exemplary values. His reason is that in real life, good... 

The recent discussion on allowing hawker centres here to operate at low rent and the possibility of profit sharing for such enterprises is the right step. This may help provide affordable food for lower income groups. But the issue of rent is obfuscated by the myth of ‘market forces’ that supposedly regulate themselves for...