IF A SIMILAR OCCURENCE LIKE THE ACCIDENT IN THE THREE MILE ISLAND NUCLEAR PLANT IN THE U.S. (NOT TO SAY THE U.S.S.R. CHERNOBYL CATASROPHE) HAPPENS TO THE DAYA BAY NUCLEAR PLANT, THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WILL HAVE NO ALTERNATIVE BUT TO FALL BACK TO THE MAINLAND. AT THAT TIME WHEN EVERYONE HS RUNNING FOR LIFE, DEALS OF FREE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SYSTEMS AND LIFE STYLE WHATSOEVER WILL BE TOTALLY AT THE BACK OF THE MIND. LET'S THINK ABOUT IT, WILL AIRPLANES FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES DARE TO LAND IN THE HONG KONG AIRPOR ANY MORE? WILL ANY FOREIGN LINER DARE TO VISIT OUR PORT? WHAT PEOPLES WILL DARE TO WEAR GARMENTS OR BUY TOYS MANUFACTURED
LOCALLY IN HONG KONG?
NOW, COWARDLY TOURISTS TO EUROPE ARE BRINGING THEIR OWN DISTILLED WATER. MANY OTHER WEST EUROPEANS DARE CONSUME ONLY CANNED FOOD AND MILK POWDER, REFUSING TO TOUCH FRESH VEGETABLE AND MILK. THESE MIGHT AS WELL BE OVER-REACTIONS BECAUSE RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION IN EUROPE, IN FACT, MIGHT NOT BE SO SERIOUS. THERE MAY BE A COMPELLING REASON TO WISIT EUROPE, WHAT WILL HONG KONG HAVE TO OFFER AS SUCH IRRESISTABLE ALLUREMENT?
BEING NO DIFFERENT FROM OTHER GLOBAL RACES, THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WILL BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THE PHYSICAL IMPACT CAUSED BY THE CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT, BUT AS A CITY, HONG KONG CANNOT STAND THE PSYCHOLOGICAL BLOW.
HF HONG KONG SUFFERS 1/10 OR 1/100 OF THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT, THIS 'FRAGRANT PORT' WILL BECOME A 'DEAD PORT'. THE DEATH TOLL MIGHT BE MIL OR A FEW OR EVEN LESS THAN THE
ROAD TOLL IN A DAY.
BUT HONG KONG WILL BECOME DEAD.''
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