NOT everyone wanted to go on the 10-day study trip to New York. Four people pulled out after the H1N1 virus broke out in the city on April 23.

In the end, a group of 20 Singapore Management University (SMU) business students and an associate professor flew up to the Big Apple for the New York Business Study Mission.

The mission - in its fifth consecutive year - is a popular 13-week module that includes visits to the city being studied, as well as top companies like Google.

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