LAI, Allen Yu-Hung; Tan, Seck L. - Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) - 2013
Singapore is vulnerable to both natural and man-made disasters alongside its remarkable economic growth. One of the most significant disasters is the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) epidemic in 2003. The SARS outbreak was eventually contained through a series of risk mitigating measures...