Storm in a tea cup? I think not.
Just to challange this HKG is infamous for covering up to save face and when they close schools it is a sign of them acting too late ie 3 deaths is often the tip of an ice berg. Closing schools for 2 weeks does not happen every year due influenza and the last time schools were closed for health reasons was in 2003 and was very early on in the pandemic - we all know how few died as a result of SARS and what an impact that had on the HKG economy as a whole.
Southern China has not learnt over the years and the local mentality is always win big, as is the current economic high (while the rest of the world is convincing themselves there is no economic depression) or you loose big and all is lost. Incidently Asias biggest stock market loss yesterday was HKG at 4.79%!
The media hype will be the next twist in the saga as our news readers down south know how to spin a good story - Channel 7's Top gun fly by comes to mind as does any Aussie SARS report.
Last edited by WideGlide; 14th Mar 2008 at 02:25.