FOR the second time this week, the Health Minister has surfaced euthanasia as an ethical dilemma that Singapore would have to confront.

'Do we allow euthanasia or assisted dying?' asked Mr Khaw Boon Wan when he spoke on challenges in the health-care sector last night to an audience of engineers.

As he did on Wednesday, he noted that the Chinese daily Lianhe Zaobao has published several letters from readers on 'this complicated but pertinent issue'.

ABUSES TO SYSTEM

'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

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