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I refer to the TODAY’s Commentary: “Black or white? Wrong or right? Don’t rush to take sides on complex issues such as Israel-Hamas conflict” (Oct 17). In the past three weeks, the Israeli Air Force has been carrying out multiple air strikes of hospitals, civilian houses, suspected Hamas hiding places and its ammunition... 

Imagine living in a 25-storey block and suddenly a bomb dropped, sending it crumbling to the ground. Anyone who is alive is lucky or unlucky to have survived. This is the reality for Palestinians in the past three weeks when Israel aided and abetted by America and its allies dropped more than 8000 bombs on civilians killing... 

Han Fook Kwang, former veteran newspaper editor and now Senior Fellow at RSIS, says in a CNA article that “Private hire vehicles (PHVs) are said to be responsible for the surge in demand and hence the price of COEs. They are blamed because they are big businesses with financial power to outbid ordinary people.This might be...