TR EMERITUS

I take strong issue with what Senior Minister of State for Transport, Janil Puthecheary, said in Parliament. He said that MRT station employees are not trained to chase after (or apprehend) people and the protocol is for them to call for help in the event of molestation. Superficially, what he said may sound reasonable. But... 

I refer to the article “Singapore’s total population inches up to 5.64 million, after flat growth last year” (Today, Sep 27). It states that “After posting the slowest growth in more than a decade last year, the Republic’s total population size has rebounded slightly, based on government statistics released on Thursday... 

I refer to the articles “MOH puts a stop to foreign patient referral contracts“, “Helping Indonesians get treatment in Singapore” and “Singhealth, NUH to stp using agents by end of Oct” (Sunday Times, Sep 30). The former states that “The Health Ministry (MOH) has told public hospitals to terminate all contracts...