
HDB rescinds offer AFTER agreement is signed
The following letter was sent to the Straits Times on 26 January 2015 but it was not published. Kudos to the recent spate of measures to project a caring government encouraging community spirit and family bonding. Our government seems to be more engaging and trying hard to win the trust of the people. HDB, on the other hand...

SGH A&E fails in a country known for its efficiency
My 81-year-old mother had a fall on Jan 19 and I took her to a polyclinic, where an X-ray showed she had fractured her left hand. The doctor referred us to the accident and emergency (A&E) department of Singapore General Hospital to get her hand set in a cast. We arrived there at 1.35pm and waited for 5.5 hours before she...

Columbarium – Too many unanswered questions
If MP Lam Pin Min wasn't taking sides, he should have asked HDB these questions. I refer to the report “No commercial columbarium at temple site in Sengkang” (Jan 30). What is puzzling is how a tender requiring domain expertise was awarded to a young company registered here last June (after the tender was issued). Its...
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