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Dear Straits Times,   I refer to the letter by Mr Joshua Loh dated 24 Sept 2010.   Mr Loh explains the many positive effects of the YOG as being the chance for thousands of volunteers and athletes to participate, to learn and to be enriched.  While athletes from all over the world benefitted from this golden opportunity to... 

Dear UN-Habitat,   I refer to the 23 Sept 2010 Straits Times report of the conferment of the 2010 UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour Awards to Singapore's HDB for providing one of Asia's and the World's greenest, cleanest and most socially conscious housing programmes.   Ms Jane Nyakairu, chief of information services at UN-Habitat,... 

Dear Mr Moeller,   I refer to your letter to the Straits Times dated 24 Sept 2010.   It's easy to fall into a tunnel vision when reading a book that focuses on the success of just one country.  It may deceive us into believing that the country's success is the result of its own unique situation and political model.  Such...