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Every Sunday, large groups of maids congregate at Lucky Plaza and the open fields beside Kallang and Paya Lebar MRT stations. When meeting their friends, these foreign domestic workers take food and beverages that they have prepared at home to consume together at these gatherings. When they leave, empty food packs and drink cans are strewn at these places.

A reader is sick of heavy vehicles causing accidents. He suggested for authorities to ban them from Singapore roads or restrict the timing where they can drive. Do you agree?

Lastly, the Swiss and German vocational training model works not because of a simple difference in mindset, but because there exist highly paid vocational jobs in these economies. A vocationally trained Swiss plumber, for example, could earn more than a degree-trained junior doctor. Making this model work here will require a major re-alignment of Singapore’s economy, in restricting the supply of foreign labour for vocational jobs, which will drive up the wages of locals in these professions.