TR EMERITUS

I refer to the Ministry of Manpower’s (MOM) reply “Incidence of misclassification of employees low: MOM” (Straits Times Forum, Jul 3) to the letters by Mr Cheng Choon Fei (Tactics to avoid paying workers overtime are deceitful; June 23) and Mr Tan Kar Quan (Overtime pay tied to salary, less to job title; June 27). It... 

I refer to the article “MAS’ net profit declines to S$5.3 billion due to strong Sing dollar” (Channel NewsAsia, Jul 4). It states that “The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) made a net profit of S$5.3 billion in the previous financial year, according to its annual report for FY2017/18 released on Wednesday (Jul... 

I refer to the article “Why the poor are poor: Barriers, bad choices and bad luck” (Straits Times, Jul 1). It states that “Housewife June Tholasiammal, 50, lives in a two-room rental flat and frets about medical costs. She suffers from cancer and asthma and is anaemic; her husband has a long-term medical condition too....