TR EMERITUS

I refer to the Today's report “More calls to ComCare hotline” (Dec 16), on the spike in calls for social services over the past three years, from 7 per cent of calls in 2008 to 20 per cent last year. This seems odd, if viewed with the recent survey findings that six in 10 low-income families choose to manage without outside... 

Is there any reason why nobody is feeling they have gained anything from the so called economic growth? Just today, ComfortDelgro announced a ridiculous increase in taxi fares to ‘cater to higher demand’, just weeks after a price revision by SMRT and a report stating that transportation and accommodation are the two main... 

From a "once in 50 years" event, flooding is now expected in almost every heavy downpour, reducing our first-world roads to a wet mess. But in "No floods in Orchard Rd, just 'ponding': PUB" (Dec 24). this was referred to as "ponding". It would be sad if we resort to word usage to dissipate the impact of these floods. We have...