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I refer to the article "The institutional failures behind Singapore's latest COVID outbreak - Government must explain what went wrong and how" (Nikkei Asia, Jul 23). In this connection, 3 years ago, ESM Goh Chok Tong caused an uproar by telling his audience at the NTUC Centre that Ministers may not be paid enough despite political... 

When an infected person visits a mall or food center, the ministers decide to close the close the business premises for a few days for deep cleaning. They said that it was necessary to stop the spread of the virus. I wonder if this approach makes sense. I am aware that the virus can stay alive on surfaces for one or two days.... 

Year in and year out, we kept seeing the same ministries and public agencies squandering away public monies, as if the findings and recommendations from the AGO does not matter. When we start adding the increase in their blunders and mismanagement of public policies, it is clear that public accountability is sorely lacking. The...