#UPDTE Wife arrived HK last night - here are her stories ...

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#Update (from Sydney Morning Herald)
- all HK schools now closed
- The people living in one appt block in Kowloon had been ordered to stay inside for 10 days after 318 dwellers were found to have symptoms of flu
- Singapore has nurses at Changi International airpt to inspect *all* incoming passengers from Taiwan, HK, & Mainland
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That the official death toll in GuangDong province (Canton Province) is 60 but the real toll is close to 600. GuangDong is the province surrounding HK SAR (Special Admin Region). GuangZhou (pron GwongShou) is the capital & where it is worst.

That HK International airport last night (when she got her flight) was like an evacuation zone & flight full of women & children.

That officialy 60 schools have closed but more have done so since.

That people are increasingly wearing face masks in public.

She said she heard one story that plans had been prepared to close Chep Lap Kok (HK International Airport).

HK has set up one hospital as an isolation building for all SARS cases.

Doug M

Post #92,980 by dmarker 3/30/03 12:25:27 AM 3/31/03 5:44:39 PM Reply	#UPDTE Wife arrived HK last night - here are her stories ... ****************************************** #Update (from Sydney Morning Herald) - all HK schools now closed - The people living in one appt block in Kowloon had been ordered to stay inside for 10 days after 318 dwellers were found to have symptoms of flu - Singapore has nurses at Changi International airpt to inspect all incoming passengers from Taiwan, HK, & Mainland ****************************************** That the official death toll in GuangDong province (Canton Province) is 60 but the real toll is close to 600. GuangDong is the province surrounding HK SAR (Special Admin Region). GuangZhou (pron GwongShou) is the capital & where it is worst. That HK International airport last night (when she got her flight) was like an evacuation zone & flight full of women & children. That officialy 60 schools have closed but more have done so since. That people are increasingly wearing face masks in public. She said she heard one story that plans had been prepared to close Chep Lap Kok (HK International Airport). HK has set up one hospital as an isolation building for all SARS cases. Doug M Spectres from our past: Beware the future when your children & theirs come after you for what you may have been willing to condone today - dsm 2003 Motivational: When performing activities, ask yourself if the person you most want to be would do, or say, it - dsm 2003 Edited by dmarker March 31, 2003, 05:44:39 PM EST Expand All History
Post #93,333 by Ashton 3/31/03 8:12:53 PM Reply	Best hopes for a healthy imune system.. Am sure you're relieved it didn't take a day longer, Ashton
Post #93,353 by inthane-chan 3/31/03 10:15:56 PM Reply	Seconding what Ashton said. My thoughts are with you + yours, hope she's in the clear, and that you are as well. God does not play dice with the universe: He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of any of the other players [i.e. everybody], to being involved in an obscure and complex variant of poker in a pitch-dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a Dealer who won't tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time.
Post #93,376 by dmarker 3/31/03 11:23:53 PM Reply	I had been increasingly concerned about her She has a cold !!!! We are optomistic it is just a cold because she does not have classic flu symptoms. She has had it for approx 5 days. Had she stayed a day or had worse symptoms, she may not have been allowed out of HK. Anyway, she is staying with her parents in a self imposed exile for 4 more days. Cheers Doug (& many thanks for the kind thoughts) Spectres from our past: Beware the future when your children & theirs come after you for what you may have been willing to condone today - dsm 2003 Motivational: When performing activities, ask yourself if the person you most want to be would do, or say, it - dsm 2003
Post #93,378 by a6l6e6x 3/31/03 11:27:45 PM Reply	Crossing fingers for her, Doug. Hoping for your wife's quick recovery. Alex Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. -- Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)

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