Public transport model not key issue
Dear Ms Josephine Teo, I refer to your 22 July Straits Times article. While service standards are set and enforced by the PTC and the LTA, they are not up to standard especially when it comes to train overcrowdedness during peak hours. Finite licence period means that the operator can take commuters for granted while the licence...
Defying the odds to become success story
Dear Straits Times, I refer to the 9 Aug 2011 letter by Dr Khor Swee Kheng. Dr Khor admires Singapore for having achieved success despite the limitations of being small, resource starved and being almost completely dependent on the outside world. Many of the prosperous nations today are small nations. Dr Khor shouldn't mistake...
No pledge to donate pay because …
Dear Straits Times, I refer to the following reports on presidential candidate Dr Tan Cheng Bock: - 13 Aug 2011, "No pledge to donate pay because..." - 14 Aug 2011, "Tan Cheng Bock to champion football for national unity". Dr Tan Cheng Bock and wife Dr Tan feels that promising to take a pay cut in return for our votes is a form...
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