TR EMERITUS

Once upon a time, at a distance time, on a distant island lived 1,000 natives. They were the only islanders practicising the correct and true form of democracy in the region. Everybody on the island knew this to be true because it was folklore: stories passed through generations by word of mouth but mainly through the public... 

[Note from the writer: The letter below has been sent to ST Forum for publication. Earlier on, a more detailed version was emailed to LTA Minister-in-charge Lui Tuck Yew, copied to Minister of State Josephine Teo and LTA CEO Chew Hock Yong. By the Civil Service's 3-working day response deadline, there was no response from Minister... 

[Translated from Zaobao's article - see footnote] I am most afraid of getting sick in a foreign country. Yet a few days ago in the evening near midnight, I was suddenly covered with cold sweat, felt nausea, and messed up the toilet with vomits. Took a Chinese Huoxiangzhengqi  pill (藿香正气丸), but it did not help.  Had...