IT IS good to hear that the Marina Bay floating platform has been fitted with artificial turf to host football matches. But why wait till after the Singapore Formula One Grand Prix to do so?

I AM sure many who read about the deaths of 54 migrant workers from Myanmar in a container in Thailand must have felt very sorry for them, as well as for those who survived the ordeal.

IN LAST Saturday's letter, 'Cover all newborn Singaporeans, please', Ms Rene Teo asked that MediShield be extended to cover all newborn babies, including those with congenital anomalies.

I READ about the increase in MediShield premiums with surprise. While other agencies are working on ways to reduce the financial burden of Singaporeans, this move appears to do the opposite.

'Does proselytising in public contravene Singapore's Maintenance of Racial Harmony Act? If it does not, is there a need to pass a law to make it so?'

WITH regard to the recent sale of Design, Build and Sell Scheme (DBSS) HDB flats in Boon Keng, I propose the Housing Board set different income limits for flats valued at more than $500,000. This makes more sense in terms of financial planning and affordability issues.

'If the swimmers took drugs, they would be banned, so how is a 'hi-speed' swimsuit any different? If the Americans and Australians can do this, then why disallow the South African runner who uses springs as feet?'

MR TAN Shao Yi ('Tune out TV Mobile, please', March 29) stated that 'commuters can tune in to the radio for personal listening. Mobile phones and PDAs have also increased accessibility to radio channels without the need to carry a portable radio'.

I READ with interest the complaint by Ms Wee Feng Yi in her letter on Saturday, 'Let's respect a person's private space in public', in which she expressed her concern over 'the increasingly noticeable trend by Singaporeans to proselytise in public.' Personally, I do not like to be disturbed in public by salespeople peddling their wares, so I empathise with Ms Wee to a certain extent. However, I disagree with her perspective on religious freedom, which she said includes 'the right not to be annoyed by someone who over-enthusiastically tries to promote his or her beliefs'.

MS WEE Feng Yi, in her letter on Saturday, 'Let's respect a person's private space in public', has made a point which has validity. Validity, however, in this context is not based in law, but in abstraction. In law as long as the person who approached Ms Wee was polite and not persistently intrusive (such as persisting when Ms Wee has indicated her disinterest) no law has been broken. Of course, if what has been initiated is against the law then it is a different situation altogether.

HAVING served as a voluntary adviser to the Juvenile Court for six years, I read with much concern the article, 'Too strict with kids? Court explains its approach' (April 5). Part of the legal fraternity in Singapore, and the writer of the article, did not seem to be aware that:

I AM writing in response to Thursday's article, 'Mid-career MBA grads face reality cheque'. I am a student of NUS Asia-Pacific Executive MBA (intake 2007/2008). I am in the SME business for the past 12 years. With the support of Spring Singapore under the Executive Development Programme for SMEs, I joined EMBA last year, thinking that it could value-add my business and management perspectives.

I REFER to Mr Wong Hoong Hooi's online letter on Saturday, 'Mixed marriages: It's personal, not political". Mr Wong seems to have confused certain issues in the argument. An inter-racial/cultural marriage is definitely personal, but to have a person who comes in to state unconditionally that his children will never be part of an inter-racial/cultural marriage makes this no longer a personal issue.

I AM currently based in the United States. Over the last few months, I have made a number of international calls to Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore to terminate a personal credit account that I have with the bank. It is an account that I have never used, and I do not foresee myself using it, given that I am in the US.

THOUSANDS upon thousands of students who have been through school have gone through the examination system at some point. I have been through it, my parents have been through it. Now that I am a parent, my kids are going through it.