I agree heartily with the sentiments of Ernest Izett re: ‘Human plaque must be stopped' (The Weekend Sun, April 2).

I lived in Singapore in 1959 when Lee Kuan Yew was voted in as Prime Minister. One of his election promises was to clean up the city and this intelligent man knew to do he had to curb the ever increasing population.

He offered a transistor radio to every man who would come forward to have a vasectomy and they flocked in, thus, along with his monetary policies, he took Singapore from a poor, snake-ridden state - albeit colourful - to one of the richest economies in the world.

As for the problem of accommodation for single mothers, and I note the race card is being played again, it is nothing to do with race - it is to do with irresponsibility.

If one has to depend on welfare to support themselves surely it is common sense not to produce more mouths to feed.

G Jones, Greerton.