A universal question

(Published in SMH 29 September 2008)

Mary-Anne Toy ( "Milked to the degree of danger", September 27-28)

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/milked-to-the-degree-of-danger/2008/09/26/1222217517678.html

asked a most relevant question about how a nation that can spend billions on a space venture such as the space walk cannot ensure the safety of milk powder for its vulnerable babies. Sadly this is a question that can be asked of many nations. Even the US, the most powerful nation on Earth, was unable to rescue its own citizens in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Closer to home, we should also question how we could allow so many Aborigines to live in such a parlous state of existence. If we cannot understand our own inability to fairly appropriate our resources, how can we comment on others?

Kin-Mun Kan