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"Caught off guard"
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1027598/1/.html
By Joanne Chan, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 29 December 2009 2315 hrs
Speaking to MediaCorp, National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan acknowledged it has been an exceptional period.
He said: "Nobody, no matter how prescient, no matter how clever, would have been able to predict that this is what is going to happen this year. All of us were caught off-guard... I did not expect the prices to go up.
PUB chief executive says water agency caught off guard in Orchard Rd flood
By Claire Huang | Posted: 18 June 2010 1747
URL : http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1064146/1/.html
SINGAPORE : The Chief Executive of Singapore's national water agency, PUB, has acknowledged that his agency was caught off guard by the Orchard Road flood on Wednesday.