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Leong Sze Hian's letter to Business Times Published March 7, 2012 I REFER to the reply in parliament that the public hospitals were owed $48 million in arrears last year, accounting for 136,000 bills outstanding for two months or more. Despite writing off $90 million in FY 2008, FY 2009 and FY 2010, public hospitals’ patients... 

"Singapore labour force to start shrinking: DPM Teo" was the headline in Friday's Today. The next decade will see the Singaporean workforce start shrinking, while more go into retirement, such that come 2030, there will be only six citizens starting their working lives for every 10 going into retirement. And beyond that, the... 

Two weeks or so ago, someone knocked into an “uncle” and got a stare from the man for his inconsiderate behaviour. Instead of apologizing for knocking into someone, which is the correct civilized response, this insolent fellow went into cyberspace and created a furore by declaring that “there are more dogs than human beings...