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I refer to the article “Disadvantaged students trail top-performing peers here” (Straits Times, Oct 24). It states that “But when it comes to “national resilience”, which looks at how these students fared against the top science performers in their own countries, only one in 10 of Singapore’s disadvantaged students... 

I refer to the article “Why would the government lose money in sale of HDB flats?” (theonlinecitizen, Oct 24). It states that “The Housing Development Board (HDB) reported on Mon (22 Oct) that it had incurred an overall deficit of $1.7 billion in the last FY. In 2013, then National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan... 

I refer to the article “Tackling inequality: Social attitudes just as important as government policies, says PM Lee” (Today, Oct 23). The article quotes Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong as saying, "In every society, there is a certain amount of inequality and there is no society where the top and the bottom are the same....