Xinhua, 25 Jan 2009
SINGAPORE, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Singapore has strengths to weather the current recession and he called on Singaporeans to brace themselves for a challenging Year of the Ox.
In his lunar new year message released on Sunday morning, the Prime Minister said there is no need to be despondent about the downturn.
"Singapore has strengths which will let us outlast this recession," he said, "we have the resources, the programs, and the tenacity to ride the storm.
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