It took me 90 minutes to fly from Shanghai to Beijing, but it cost more than 40 minutes to walk from the end of the line to the door of a taxi. That is the increasing problem for Hongqiao Airport.
Long Long Lines!
I hesitate to choose Hong Qiao Airport now, especially for the night flights. The public transportation does not really work - there is no metro to Hong Qiao, and there are not many bus route. Taxis seem to be the major transportation for the island of the airport (the airport seems to be an island for me).
Last time I am back from Beijing, I arrived at 9:00 PM, and I waited in the several hundred people line. The line was horrible. When I arrived at the door of a taxi, it was already 9:40 PM. That was almost half way from Shanghai to Beijing.
Improvement? Yes
There WERE some improvement. I observed the management changed lots of approaches on the parking spot to allow more effective pick-up. Now, there are 6 lanes to pick up passengers concurrently. That is much More
April 18. It is reported by the official newspaper that SARS cases were found in central China's Henan province. They are returning workers in Zhumadian, Nanyang and Kaifeng. The cases were found on April 16 and 17.
I summarize the situation by the official announcement - actually, the news report is always treated as official announcement since if the officials does not approve, the news cannot come out regarding these sensitive topics:
SARS Hainan: None
SARS Sichuan: 7 cases, 2 died
SARS Jilin: Two suspected case
The latest information on the official website of Ministor of Health is still the data of April 7:
Province/City Cases Death
Guangdong 1203 43
Shanxi 24 1
Beijing 19 4
Sichuan 4 1
Hunan 6 1
Shanghai 1 0
Guangxi 11 3
Total 1268 53
Source: News center, MOH. Data up to April 6
WHO data
Country: China
Cumulative number of case(s) 1482
Number of new cases since last WHO update 25
Number of deaths 65
Number recovered 1126
Local chain(s) of transmission Yes
Date of More
Auteur : Jian Shuo Wang. Édité : 19 avril 2003. Étiquette : sars (49)
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18 avril. On lui rapporte par le journal officiel que des cas de SRAS ont été trouvés dans la province de Henan de la Chine centrale. Ils retournent des ouvriers Zhumadian, Nanyang et à Kaifeng. Les cas ont été trouvés les 16 et 17 avril.
Je récapitule la situation par l'annonce officielle - réellement, le rapport de nouvelles est toujours traité en tant qu'annonce officielle depuis si les fonctionnaires n'approuve pas, les nouvelles ne peut pas sortir concernant ces matières sensibles :
SRAS Hainan : Aucun SRAS Sichuan : 7 cas, 2 sont morts SRAS Jilin : Cas suspecté par deux
La dernière information sur le site Web officiel de Ministor de santé est toujours les données du 7 avril :
La province/ville enferme la More