Singapore positive growth - All thanks to Swine flu

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The Singapore’s Institute of Purchasing & Materials Management Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) was 51.1 in June 2009, the second consecutive month the reading was above 50 since September 2008 , while Singapore’s May 2009 Index of Industrial Production (IIP) grew by 2.0% – the first positive growth in seven months.

Singapore has become the first Asian economy that is currently in recession to record positive economic growth. Its economy surged over 20 per cent in the second quarter this year, defying the expectations of even the most optimistic of forecasts. Singapore's trade ministry has credited the country's biomedical and electronics industries with creating the surge. In a sense, Singapore has swine flu to thank for its economic recovery.

http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/asiapac/stories/200907/s2626997.htm

Even though Singapore recorded its 9th H1N1 related death (A 27 year old woman with no known underlying health conditions became the ninth Singaporean to die from the Influenza A (H1N1) virus.) Their sacrifices is a benefit to our Nation.

 

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The Star Online > Sports
Published: Friday September 11, 2009 MYT 9:05:00 PM
Chinese football team quarantined over swine flu

BEIJING (AP): China's football authorities may suspend the Super League after an outbreak of swine flu at one team.

Players and staff of Chongqing Lifan, including Dutch coach Arie Haan, were confined to their training base in western China after 11 players tested positive for the H1N1 virus, the newspaper Titan Sports reported Friday.

Chinese Football Association organizers are considering a series of contingencies for further outbreaks, including suspending the season, Titan said, citing association documents.

Such quarantines are usually lifted after one week if no one else tests positive for the virus. Chongqing's confinement began on Thursday, it said.

Game schedules will merely be adjusted if only one or two teams are affected, the paper said.

China has not been particularly hard hit by swine flu, although officials warn the virus is continuing to spread. A total of 6,968 cases, out of a population of 1.3 billion people, have been reported as of Thursday, none of them fatal

http://thestar.com.my/services/prin...009/9/11/sports/20090911210828.asp&sec=sports

Just compare what the authorities in China and the little red dot are doing and the number of cases/fatalities and decide for yourself who care more about the welfare of its people.

The govt/newspapers here have even stopped reporting on the number of cases and most S'poreans act as though there is no flu pandemic here.
Who is paying the price for such complacency?

Make them pay the price at the next election.