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Johor now asking if they can sell Singapore water at higher price, our state media is so eager to publish an article saying Johor is asking for 1600% increase of its price of 1000 gallons. The internet is set on fire, public sentiments towards Johor turn very negative. Singaporeans suddenly becoming very nationalistic in bombarding... 

I refer to the Ministry for Social & Family Development’s reply “System not perfect but has uplifted life of majority” (Straits Times Forum, Jul 4) to Dr Ng Kok Hoe’s letter (Social workers also tackle structural conditions that lead to poverty; June 27). It states that “Our system is not perfect. But as we... 

I refer to the article “Norway’s $1 Trillion Oil Fund Taken to Task Over Rising Cost” (Bloomberg, Jan 18, 2018). It states that “The ministry said that management costs have risen “significantly over time” and are projected to hit 3.5 billion kroner ($446 million) this year, up from 2.1 billion kroner in 2014. The...