2000

With the 2001 worldwide campaign against terrorism, and the 2002 terrorist bombings in Bali, Americans in Singapore entered the new millennium with tightened security including armed Gurkhas stationed at the school gates, provided by the Singapore government. During the years that followed, Singapore saw a crisis of another kind in Asia with the outbreak of SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome), creating fear throughout the region and forcing IASAS events to be cancelled for the first time. Economies throughout the region were badly hit.

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