Safety – most important consideration re mentally ill NSFs
Too many of the letters after Dr Andy Ho's commentary ("Exempt these young men from NS", April 13) have gone off at a tangent to become academic debates on the topic of stigma. Let us get our priorities right: the more serious and pressing issue raised by the death of Private Ganesh Pillay Magindren is that of safety - when...
No poor student will be denied an education?
MOE Bursary FY2014 We refer to the article “More getting bursaries” (Straits Times, Apr 15). 50% increase in students qualifying for financial assistance It states that “Last year, about 50 per cent more students – 1.5 times the number five years ago – were on the Ministry of Education’s (MOE) Financial Assistance...
Grandfather’s place is it, PIDCS?
These tots (and more) crossed my mind when I read that the SPF (Sarong Party Singapore Police Force) had issued a statement on its Facebook page [Link] today (22 Apr) saying that as at 10am, no permit application has been received for the 116th Philippine Independence Celebration on 8 Jun 2014 at Ngee Ann City. Neither have...
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