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Water price hike is normal but to increase 30% is abnormal. Normal will be 1%-5% for necessities like water. Water must never be a luxury. What happens when you make prices too out of reach for the ordinary Singapore household? Some rich household will have good health and a better standard of living, others will just be scraping... 

I refer to the article “Not enough locally trained dentists in Singapore” (Straits Times, Feb 11). 75% of newly registered dentists trained overseas It states that “In recent years, locally trained dentists make up less than half the new dentists registered each year. In 2014, for example, 141 – or 75 per cent – of... 

I refer to the article “Income inequality in Singapore lowest in a decade, monthly household income grows but at slower rate” (Straits Times, Feb 17). It states that “Income inequality in Singapore last year was the lowest in a decade, statistics released by the Government on Thursday (Feb 16) showed. The Gini coefficient,...