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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... 

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... 

I refer to the current debate going on regarding minimum wages in Singapore. Its still a profound mystery why a economic powerhouse country like ours has so much reservation implementing minimum wage policy to better protect its vulnerable  rank and file workers. Most first world countries and even third world countries... 

PAP minister Dr Vivian Balakrishnan was finally brought to his knees by the latest YOG screw-up over wrong signatures being used on 45,000 YOG certificates to the volunteers and athletes. It was a “honest mistake” too many which left Dr Vivian with no choice but to offer a public apology, the first among PAP... 

WELLINGTON: New Zealand has delayed the departure of its Commonwealth Games athletes due to a long list of problems with accommodation in Delhi, the country’s Games chief Mike Stanley said Thursday. “It’s tremendously disappointing. The long list of outstanding issues has made it clear the village will... 

We know you are angry. We know you want change. But change will not happen if we just write or talk about it. Change will only come if we act on it. Tomorrow at Hong Lim Park you can make change happen. You have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make change a reality.   Every four or five years, we get a chance to vote... 

TR readership is rather wide, to be fair ALL OPPOSITION PARTIES must be given equal publicity for the coming GE. We should use TR as a platform to communicate and create public awareness and education as there are many uncensored articles and public comments which interest many Singaporeans. We should capitalised this advantage.... 

I just think you’re not being fair. SDP is doing just as much work as RP both online and offline and you don’t bother to share articles that they are. Like SDP’s rally this Sat, right now theres notthing on your site to suggest its happening, but all the RP walkabout and volunteers articles are always... 

Dear Straits Times,   I refer to the letter by Dr Oh Jen Jen dated 24 Sept 2010.   Dr Oh explains the World Giving Index entirely in terms of her own personal experiences of the helpfulness of the people she met on her trips to other countries.  Dr Oh should realise that ‘helping strangers’ is just one of... 

Bloomberg, 23 September 2010 Singapore’s inflation accelerated to an 18-month high as record economic growth in the first half of the year spurred demand for goods and services, sustaining pressure on the central bank to allow currency gains. The consumer price index climbed 3.3 percent in August from a year earlier,...