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I refer to the article "Free-roaming chickens culled due to health and safety concerns, not noise: AVA" (Today, Feb 14). It states that "Following the debate over the recent culling of free-roaming chickens at Sin Ming, the director-general of the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA), Dr Yap Him Hoo, said the birds were... 

I refer to the article “Not enough locally trained dentists in Singapore” (Straits Times, Feb 11). 75% of newly registered dentists trained overseas It states that “In recent years, locally trained dentists make up less than half the new dentists registered each year. In 2014, for example, 141 – or 75 per cent – of... 

AVA flipflops and now twists their words, adding more reasons why the Sin Ming chickens have to be killed. This approach of making a one-sided decision, then finding excuses to justify it later, seems to be very common in Singapore. What is even more disturbing is that AVA is refusing to address and acknowledge allegations...