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[This letter has been copied to TRE.] From: Patricia Conceicao Date: Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 2:25 AM Subject: Request For Financial Assistance and Transport Voucher To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected], [email protected] Dear Mr Chan, I am writing to request for aid as I will soon be unable to work due to various... 

I would like to highlight my situation in order to alert all my fellow Singaporeans and PRs on the compulsory CPF Medisave contributions which have become so rigid and uncompassionate as if the Board was only looking at the money. I am in real estate. My income for real estate has dropped substantially due to the recent rounds... 

The writer is correct in that success is not dependent on a degree (assuming success means monetary success primarily). That depends on how good you are at making money, so he is stating the obvious. But there is a value to higher education in producing thinking and responsible adults/citizens that goes beyond monetary quantification...