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I refer to the article “GIC posts steady real returns of 3.7% amid uncertainty” (Straits Times, Jul 10) It states that “GIC’s 20-year annualised real rate of return – its most important benchmark – was 3.7 per cent (5.1 per cent nominal) for the year ended March 31, down from the previous year’s 4 per cent, it... 

Instead of having a Ministerial Committee to try to find loopholes of a Will and try to overturn the Will, I’d rather our high-paying Ministers spend their highly-paid minutes on more important issues that affect the lives of the rest of us Singaporeans and not just focus on the private estate of the Prime Ministers. Here... 

I refer to the article “Housing in Singapore – The high life” (The Economist, Jul 8). Govt spent $1.8b on HDB? It states that “It is also a good deal for the state. In 2015-16 the treasury put aside S$1.8bn, or 2.4% of the national budget, for housing, which was enough to cover HDB’s annual deficit. (The agency itself...