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Minister Chan Chun Sing said that we should be anti-elitism and not anti-excellence. This phrase sounds impressive. But what does it mean? Is it just another way of ignoring the problem of large inequality? What can be done to correct the grotesque inequality? The answer is obvious - introduce a minimum wage of $1,500 per month... 

I refer to the article “Social enterprise operators to get views of hawkers” (Straits Times, Oct 25). It states that “In yet another move to address hawkers’ concerns on the way not-for-profit hawker centres are run, Dr Amy Khor said she has asked all social enterprise operators to form feedback groups in the centres... 

I’m a middle-aged Singaporean in the education sector. 20 years ago I was still a PAP supporter, as there’s no qualified opposition and when the Lee Kuan Yew was in charge, things were not as bad as today. However, My political orientation changed over last few years: 1. Why increase GST, which affects everyone? When under...