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I refer to the article “When wages race ahead of productivity: Should we worry?” (Sunday Times, Apr 24). 0.9% p.a. real wage growth in a decade? The real average wage growth was only 0.9 per cent per annum from 2004 to 2014 (Source: Ministry of Trade and Industry Economic Survey of Singapore 2015). To put this in perspective... 

Lee Kuan Yew once said in an interview: “It’s the friendships I made and the close family ties I nurtured that have provided me with that sense of satisfaction at a life well lived, and have made me what I am.” Clearly, family ties and relationships meant the world to LKY. In his own words, it gave him the sense of a life... 

Over the past week, we have seen major transport disruptions which are unprecedented in scale. A power dip on 25th April caused disruptions in three lines while there was a morning outrage along Woodlands to Kranji less than 12 hours later. In some instances, the TV screen even showed that the trains were functioning "normally". This...