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if you asked any german citizen during Adolf Hitler's rein, there will be no doubt that he is the leader and the saviour. today, if you ask any german whether hitler was their hero, you will get a totally different answer. time will pass, the old generation will come to pass. your mother...

I refer to the letter to Straits Times by Steve Tan dated 31 Oct 2009. Mr Tan feels that the glowing tributes by American dignitaries place in context the vision and stewardship of MM Lee. But many of those tributes don't even make sense. Mr Clinton said that MM helped millions of people...

Dear Mr President, I refer to your recent compliment to our Minister Mentor, Mr Lee Kuan Yew. You said Mr Lee 'helped to trigger the Asian economic miracle.' But just how momentous or crucial has this 'trigger' been? The 'Asian economic miracle' began with the miracles of the four East...

We spend so much money to buy up US stocks. The least they can do is give a token of appreciation.

It's the same with rice. the govt keeps very close tabs with rice price and is very quick to find supply to keep prices stable. similarly, the govt must constantly keep track of the balance between supply and demand. supply takes years to ramp up. so the only other thing that can be better...

yeah, doctors are a priviledged class in any society. historically, they have been saviours and hence well respected. but some doctors nowadays really cannot make it. if the symptoms are simple and obvious, then no problem, they can regurgitate all the solutions. when the problem differs...

many more people with very closed minds and limited ability to think through the issues deeply ...

longbow, i agree with you that if we poll singaporeans, most will say asset appreciation is good. the problem is, most singaporeans don't understand that it is actually bad for them. the logic speaks for itself. go relate the logic to anybody. if he is a reasonable person, he would ponder...

it's so sad that even doctors can't think well. there was once i visited the doctor and he was trying to explain my possible condition. but as i was debating his reasonings with him, it was clear that this fella don't have basic common sense. if it's a straight forward, common illness, he...

I suspect the original editorial was written by the editor himself and he seems to have lost touch with writing ...

you know why the govt is so afraid that we would compare with the past? because it is obvious to everyone that if you compare with the past, salaries hasn't kept up with property price increases. now why is it good for govt to keep houses expensive and salaries flat? so that they earn as...

Mr Mah is so eager to thumb people down he ended up opening up even more loop holes for people to thumb him down instead. always trying to justify his own rules with false reasonings that are so easily torn apart.

It's sad that they pay professors so much money to study such obvious situations but they end up making silly conclusions. the most silly is the one by the NTU professor who says that it is fair that the govt gets to keep the profits from land price increase. and that is the whole idea about...

$210K is a bit low. ST and the HDB says that new Punggol flats are priced between $234K and $293K. so the average is about $260K. and that's Punggol flats! in a far flung corner of singapore ... i'm not certain things will be ok. from what the govt has been doing all these years, you...

This is one misconception that many singaporeans have. they think they HDB price increase means they've benefited. but there is no such thing as money falling from the sky. there is no free meal in this world. what they gain will be more than paid for by their children. if they have to...

voted but no use. there are too many ignorant people. and they will fight tooth and nail with you without actually making much sense.

It's sad that we have a govt that actually uses foreigners to denigrate us. They're welcomed with open arms while we end up having to pay more due to price increases. i don't mind if the pie is actually enlarged as the govt purports. but it seems like the number of mouths to feed increased...

we can't really say that price rise is good for 83% of the people. because its only a paper gain and unless you actually sell it, the gain is not realised. so if all 83% were to realise their gains, all would have to sell their flats. that would mean a total of say 400,000 flats to be sold...

You mentioned that high price reflects high demand. that's only half the story. because price cannot be determined by demand alone. it has to be determined by both demand and supply. so all else being equal, high price tends to mean that supply cannot meet demand. just like demand for...