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Dear Zaobao's editor, I refer to the 11 Jan 2012 Straits Times translation of your 9 Jan 2012 Zaobao's commentary on ministerial pay. The Economist Intelligence Unit's Democracy Index classifies Singapore as a hybrid regime between flawed democracy and authoritarian regime. Many other international rankings report the same thing.... 

Dear Mr Lee Kuan Yew, I refer to the 19 Jan 2012 Straits Times report of your comments on ministerial salaries. You said unless we have high quality men and women to serve as PM and ministers, Singapore the little red dot will become a black spot. Belgium reportedly had no government for more than a year, yet Belgium didn't... 

Dear MPs and Straits Times, I refer to the 19 Jan 2012 Straits Times report "Heated words over hot topic". I applaud the Straits Times for making the right report instead of echoing the mistake of the PAP with the sentence: "The base salary that the WP proposes for entry-level ministers, of $55,000 a month, is the same as the...