2014
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2507047
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Crises and Disasters in Singapore: What Matters? Or Does It?

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“…Singapore's healthcare industry 2.1.3 Disasters in Singapore. Singapore is a small island state with no natural resource, but is well-shielded from natural disasters such as earthquakes, typhoons and tsunamis (Pelling and Uitto, 2001;Tan and Lai, 2014). However, Singapore remains vulnerable to manmade disasters and economic crises (Tan and Lai, 2014), and faces its own urgent problem, such as population ageing and hospital bed crisis (Lim et al, 2006).…”
Section: Ijdrbe 85mentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Singapore's healthcare industry 2.1.3 Disasters in Singapore. Singapore is a small island state with no natural resource, but is well-shielded from natural disasters such as earthquakes, typhoons and tsunamis (Pelling and Uitto, 2001;Tan and Lai, 2014). However, Singapore remains vulnerable to manmade disasters and economic crises (Tan and Lai, 2014), and faces its own urgent problem, such as population ageing and hospital bed crisis (Lim et al, 2006).…”
Section: Ijdrbe 85mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…One significant health disaster is the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic in 2013. SARS infected 238 people, 33 of whom died of this contagious communicable disease in Singapore (Tan and Lai, 2014). The recent major disaster is the haze, which becomes a regular occurrence every year.…”
Section: Ijdrbe 85mentioning
confidence: 99%