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I refer to the articles “Painful days as media grapples with disruption” and “Anatomy of a retrenchment” (Sunday Times, Oct 22). The former states that “”And this has a very negative effect on the newspapers on which we have relied for our news… The amount of serious news, investigative journalism and foreign reporting... 

I  refer to the article “Record jumps in hospital, clinic attendance last year” (Straits  Times, Oct 16). It states that “Hospital admissions increased by a record 9 per cent last year compared with 2015. This is more than double the annual increases of up to 4 per cent in the past decade. Similarly, polyclinic attendance... 

I refer to the article “Singapore has best pension system in Asia: Mercer index” (Straits Times, Oct 23). It states that “Singapore topped Asia in providing adequate and sustainable income for retirement but there is room for improvement, said pension expert Mercer on Monday (Oct 23).” As to “Austria, Italy and France...