
May Day award: 398,100 local jobs, 676,900 foreign jobs, 499,508 newPRs, 230,916 new citizens?
I refer to the article “A man who believes that having a job is the best welfare” (Straits Times, May 6). It states that “The former NTUC secretary-general has been given the highest honour at the May Day Awards this year – Distinguished Comrade of Labour. Mr Lim also recalled in his interview with the blog how his experiences...

Are our public hospitals making profits or losses?
I refer to the article “MOH allegedly sidesteps question on whether government hospitals make profits from blood donated by the public” (The Independent, May 5). It states that “MOH’s response was allegedly “very evasive,” according to Lim: “My question to them was a simple and straightforward question, however,...

Why is it that private property prices are going up, whilst HDB prices are still going down?
I refer to the articles “Private home prices up 3.9% in first quarter” and “HDB resale prices down 0.8% in Q1; 3,900 new flats to be launched next month” (Channel NewsAsia, Apr 27). The former states that “Private home prices rose 3.9 per cent in the first quarter of this year, according to the latest figures from...
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