Refuting Ms Sim Ann, Senior Parliamentary Sec and PAP’s scholar
Dear Ms Sim Ann, I refer to your 22 Dec 2011 Straits Times article. You compared the Swedish government spending nearly 50% of GDP to the Singapore government spending 17% of GDP. There are two adjustments you can make so that the comparison is fairer. First, almost 18% of Swedish government expenditure comes from social contributions...
Be reasonable, like commuters elsewhere
Dear Straits Times, I refer to the 21 Dec 2011 letter by Ms Anju Tiwari. Having lived in many countries, Ms Tiwari wonders if Singaporeans know that they live in an awesome country. Perhaps Ms Tiwari has been living mostly in Third World countries, which is why a First World country like Singapore appears awesome to her. Ms...
From Nantah to NTU: Difficult but necessary journey
Dear Mr Lee Kuan Yew, I refer to the 2 Dec 2011 Straits Times print of excerpts from your new book. You wrote that Tan Lark Sye and his supporters believed communist China was a great nation and could back them. Exactly what backing did Tan Lark Sye need from communist China? Money? No, he had millions of that himself. Manpower?...
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