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Why isn’t the Tote Board giving more help to the poor? I refer to the article “Tote Board gave $418m to a variety of causes” (Straits Times, Nov 24). It states that “Since the Tote Board was set up as a statutory board in 1988, it has given out more than $8 billion. The money, from lotteries, horse races and other games,... 

I like to highlight this matter of supermarkets predatory pricing dried goods such as nuts, dried prawns, and others the cost of these items went up 2X over the last few years. The cost of dried prawns was $2.30 per 500G 2-3 years ago. Now its almost double costing the same level as fresh prawns. Is this indirect taxation... 

I refer to the article “Basic pay for security officers to go up by $300 over next 3 years, limit on overtime hours” (Straits Times, Nov 23). It states that “Security officers will be paid more while working fewer overtime hours each month in future. They will see their basic pay go up by around $300 over the next three...