Who’s luckier: kids with maids or kids with moms?
I refer to the 19 May 2014 TR Emeritus article “Shanmugam: The values of our children”. Mr Shanmugam claims that Singaporeans are lucky many of us have domestic help. But are we luckier than Westerners who earn twice as much as us and who can afford to have the wife stay at home to look after the children full time? Would...
Correcting PM Lee’s pioneer address
PM Lee I refer to the 10 Feb 2014 Straits Times report “PM Lee outlines health-care package for 450,000 pioneers”. PM Lee reportedly paid tribute to those who were at least 16 years old in 1965 as the pioneers who built the Singapore nation from its infancy. But the Singapore of 1965 had been thriving and prospering for...
Point-by-point response to Dr Tan’s parliamentary address
President Tony Tan I refer to President Tony Tan’s opening address for the 2nd session of the 12th Parliament. Dr Tan said that every Singaporean can take pride in our survival and prosperity against long odds since independence. Dr Tan cannot be more wrong; Singapore had been thriving and prospering for more than a hundred...
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