Perm Sec Tan Yong Soon, can you explain why there is a spike in dengue cases this month? Pls do not conveniently shift the blame to Malaysia. You brag that you can go for long cooking trip cum holiday because your ministry is well-managed by your excellent delegation & management skills. So why are we seeing dengue cases rising? Senior civil servants like you are paid very high salaries (more than $40,000 a month), so we expect uncompromising standard from you. If you are unable to fulfill that standard, then stop wasting taxpayers' money and resign to become a chef. 
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Singapore registers more dengue cases in January
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</td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="lt14" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="97%"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="lt14"> SINGAPORE, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Singapore registered more dengue cases in the first three weeks of January over the same period last year, local media reported on Thursday.
Singapore's National Environment Agency (NEA) said that 509 people caught dengue fever in the first three weeks of January, compared to 341 during the same period last year, according to a report by the Straits Times.
[COLOR=_______]The NEA said it was monitoring whether the increase in cases was simply due to short-term fluctuations, adding that[/COLOR] [COLOR=_______]a surge in the number of cases in neighboring Malaysia may have an impact on Singapore. [/COLOR]
The English newspaper said that Malaysia reported 4,221 dengue cases in the first 23 days of this month, which almost doubled the figure of the same period last year.
Singapore's key strategy to prevent dengue outbreaks is to keep the mosquito population low to reduce their chances of transmitting the disease, the NEA said in the report.
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</td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="lt14" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="97%"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="lt14"> SINGAPORE, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Singapore registered more dengue cases in the first three weeks of January over the same period last year, local media reported on Thursday.
Singapore's National Environment Agency (NEA) said that 509 people caught dengue fever in the first three weeks of January, compared to 341 during the same period last year, according to a report by the Straits Times.
[COLOR=_______]The NEA said it was monitoring whether the increase in cases was simply due to short-term fluctuations, adding that[/COLOR] [COLOR=_______]a surge in the number of cases in neighboring Malaysia may have an impact on Singapore. [/COLOR]
The English newspaper said that Malaysia reported 4,221 dengue cases in the first 23 days of this month, which almost doubled the figure of the same period last year.
Singapore's key strategy to prevent dengue outbreaks is to keep the mosquito population low to reduce their chances of transmitting the disease, the NEA said in the report.
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