I refer to the article “Halimah Yacob unveils presidential election campaign slogan and team” (Straits Times, Aug 29).

It states that “Presidential hopeful Halimah Yacob unveiled her campaign slogan of “Do Good Do Together” on Tuesday (Aug 29)”.

Is this slogan arguably, grammatically correct?

Can those who teach English give us their views on this?

As to “calling on all Singaporeans to join her in building a community of excellence that is inclusive and progressive” – arguably, how can we be said to be “inclusive and progressive” when

… we discriminate against unmarried single mothers below age 35, by denying their eligibility to apply for a HDB BTO flat

… and in so doing – arguably discriminating against their children too

… we give higher income mothers as much as $80,000 a year in procreation tax benefits, when lower-income mothers may get very little

… our gini (inequality) is the second highest in the world

… the “$500 milion assets of a company” requirement for private sector presidential candidates is estimated to be such that about 99 per cent of the populace may not be eligible to stand for election

… in the two years from 2015 to 2016 – it is estimated that almost none of the 11,400 jobs growth (37,300  foreigners’ jobs growth) to locals – actually went to Singapore born true-blue Singaporeans (61,005 new PRs and 42,917 new citizens granted in the same two-year period)

… from a cashflow perspective – the Government  may still not be spending a single cent on CPF, HDB and healthcare (total annual Medisave contributions plus the annual interest on total Medisave accounts’ balances may exceed total annual government spending on healthcare and withdrawals for medical expenses and insurance premiums)

… Singapore is 4th in the Crony-capitalism Index 2017 (The Economist)

… we have the highest paid Ministers, Members of Parliament and top civil servants in the world – and therefore, arguably, the biggest gap between the Government’s salaries relative to ordinary workers, in the world

The above are evidentially – elitism and a society that is arguably, not “inclusive and progressive”.

Leong Sze Hian