'Imagine that your TV is paid for by your Government or employer, as a gift. Would you just settle for a 20-inch ordinary TV, or would you go for the top-end home cinema system, complete with karaoke and flat-screen LED monitor?'

Mr Khaw

UNREALISTIC HOPES

'In times of grief, family members often do not accept the limits of medical science. Many seem to forget that we are all mortals.'

Mr Khaw