A very real threat to health and livelihood


  • Letters
  • Sunday, 07 Mar 2004

The avian flu outbreak in Asia has turned out to be dangerous in more ways than one. Apart from taking lives, it is also threatening the livelihood of poultry farmers. SHANTINI SUNTHARAJAH looks at the challenges faced by these farmers locally.  

THERE are no holidays. The work goes on 365 days a year and normally it is 10 hours a day,” says Lee Lee Kong.  

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