Substance, not style, directs S’pore policy
Dear Mr Teo, I refer to the 6 Apr 2010 Straits Times report of your speech at the Kent Ridge Ministerial Forum. You said that Singapore politics, as observed by Bryan Caplan, is in a nutshell, about implementing programmes based on merits, not on polls. Until recently, HDB upgrading has always been tied to voting so...
A critique of the Singapore Healthcare system
Dear Mr Matt Miller, I refer to your Washington Post article dated 3 Mar 2010 which was carried by the Straits Times on 5 Mar 2010 under the similar title of "US can get pointers from S'pore's health-care system". Your assertion that Singapore is the only rich nation with universal health coverage is false. According...
Don’t complain – find the candidates
I refer to Mr Anthony Oei's letter dated 25 Mar 2010. Mr Oei asserts that the GRC poses no extra burden on the opposition in terms of candidates and resources since the total number of parliamentary seats remains the same whether they are contested individually or as GRCs. However, the GRC does pose a much steeper hurdle...
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