TR EMERITUS

I refer to the article “He’s 35 and homeless: Eight years of destitute living” (Channel NewsAsia, Oct 8). It states that “At the age of 18, he’d been sentenced to two years in jail. He had appealed for a probationary sentence – a year of probation and release on good behaviour – but this was denied. “So basically,... 

SMRT has just announced the sacking of its maintenance VP, Mr Ng Tek Poo for Saturday’s 20-hour disruption. The tunnel flooding could have possibly been prevented had Ng been sacked years earlier. Ng was the same maintenance VP responsible for 2 massive disruptions in 2011 where cable ties were subsequently found to be... 

When I read the u/m TOC FB post, I couldn’t help but think of stereotypical Indian roadsweepers (the “hewers of wood and drawers of water” or “thambies” as they were once derogatorily called ) cleaning up after their stereotypical arrogant, entitled Chinese masters were caught defecating and urinating in public. A...