TR EMERITUS

Dear Mr Calvin Cheng, I refer to your 10 Jan 2012 Straits Times article. You refer to hospitalization benefits, housing benefits and tax exemptions as hidden perks in other countries. But hospitalization benefit is not a perk. No one will want to stay in a hospital for two weeks every year just to claim hospitalization benefits.... 

Once upon a time, Mr 'A', the brothel owner, had a heated argument with family members who are also co-owners of his business in Geylang. He noticed his business had been on the wane since his competitors set up shop with swanky renovations next to him. At a loss for ideas he consulted many of his friends who studied together... 

The state has run into countless issues and the situation is not getting better.  The politicians' salary level is high, yet here they are mostly telling you that the situation is no good and that there is nothing much they can really do. It doesn't only apply to the PAP; in fact I see this happening to most, if not all parties. This...