TR EMERITUS

Recently there is some hype of the book Tall Order, a biography about Goh Chok Tong's personal life up to the point where he became Prime Mineter. I always wonder why people like him as an PM despite of all the bad policies which came into effect during his charge. Make no mistake about it - almost all the bad policies we face... 

The last two years had seen a decline of support for the ruling parties. A larger % of people, this time of all ages, and including younger minority races are unhappy with our ruling class and political leadership. You can judge when you raise this subject of political leadership among your friends and associates and listen... 

I refer to the article “Bus and train fares to rise by 6 cents per trip from Dec 29: PTC” (Straits Times, Oct 30). It states that “This round, the NCF – which took into account the additional buses pumped into the network last year and the first stage of the Downtown MRT line – contributed 3 percentage points to a...