TR EMERITUS

I refer to the article “Singapore has the ‘most powerful’ passport in the world: Passport Index” (Straits Times, Oct 25). It states that “the Singapore passport is now the “most powerful” in the world, with a visa-free score of 159.” Is it not somewhat ironic that we are the most powerful passport in the world,... 

I refer to the articles “Painful days as media grapples with disruption” and “Anatomy of a retrenchment” (Sunday Times, Oct 22). The former states that “”And this has a very negative effect on the newspapers on which we have relied for our news… The amount of serious news, investigative journalism and foreign reporting... 

I  refer to the article “Record jumps in hospital, clinic attendance last year” (Straits  Times, Oct 16). It states that “Hospital admissions increased by a record 9 per cent last year compared with 2015. This is more than double the annual increases of up to 4 per cent in the past decade. Similarly, polyclinic attendance...