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I refer to the article “More Malay families living in rental flats” (Straits Times, May 11). It states that “The proportion of Malay families living in one and two-room rented flats has doubled in the last decade, government figures show. Last year, there were 14,600 households headed by a Malay living in such flats. This... 

Shame on you UOB. My sister is very ill in hospital. She made an LPA (Lasting Power of Attorney) which enables me to look after her when she lacks mental capacity. The hospital has confirmed this. However, UOB will not allow me to access the money in any of her accounts because the LPA says I cannot make cash gifts. I said... 

It is interesting that DPM Tharman Shanmugaratnam should accuse the SDP candidate for Bukit Batok, Dr Chee Soon Juan, of indulging in populist politics over his proposal for a unemployment benefit scheme. Is the learned DPM unaware that Democracy, by its very definition, entails a certain degree of populism. It is to grant the...