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Two articles in the media on 17 Dec, one questioning the deployment of American spy planes in Singapore to conduct missions in the South China Sea to provoke China, and another saying that more SE Asian countries are turning against China, plus a few more articles repeating the American’s anti China position in the South China... 

Better nursing home model not allowed?  I refer to the article “Shelved: Plans for different model of nursing home” (Straits Times, Dec 21). It states that “Such a design is meant to create a home-like environment and provide the residents with more privacy, autonomy and well- being, said Peacehaven. Cannot give means... 

10.4% of workforce are part-time workers “Some 10.4 per cent of employed residents were part-timers in 2015“. As the resident workforce is 2,162,800 – does it mean that there are about 224,931 (10.4 per cent of 2,162,800)? Work 35 hours is “part-time”? A part-time worker is one who works 35 hours or less in a week....