The day the mainstream media picked up the story about Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong speaking about people who can't earn $1 million a year, I was in a plush shopping centre in Orchard Road.
I was late for a medical appointment, but I also needed the loo. I saw a toilet and walked towards it, reaching it at about the same time as an elderly couple, the man solicitous of the woman who was the one who clearly needed relief.
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