Bird Flu Crisis in Hong Kong
Do you know how many chickens do we consume every day? Three thousand, five thousand or more? We demand almost more than ten thousand chickens daily. What a big figure! We can see that chickens are very important to Chinese society. Chickens are always devoted to God and served in dinners to celebrate traditional festivals. Without chickens, it will cause inconvenience to Hong Kong people, especially during Lunar New Year. Unfortunately, Hong Kong people has just encountered this situation. Because of the outbreak of bird flu, all chickens had to be removed from Hong Kong. In this report, we would like to talk about the topic ¥Bird Flu Crisis In Hong Kong'. We will give a brief introduction of the bird flu virus H5N1, analyse the short-term and long-term consequences of the flu in Hong Kong and see what Hong Kong have learned from this incident.There are three types of influenza, designated A, B and C. Influenza B and C rarely cause local outbreak of flu but not the influenza A. It is very important to all mankind as this is the type of virus that has caused world-wide pandemics. And H5N1 belongs to the vision of influenza A.
Our pre-ban demand for chickens was 100 000 birds per day but on 7th February 1998, only 35 000 chickens were imported. Due to the limited supply, fresh chickens were sold out in hours, despite prices (about $100 each) were almost twice the pre-ban prices. (Ng Kang-Chung). Even though the number of imported chickens are now gradually increasing, it is still not enough to meet the demand and so the retail prices remain high. Our last target was fast food shops. 8 out of 9 were still selling ready-to-serve chicken snacks. 3 of them even claimed that their chickens were from USA, not from the mainland. Only one i.e. Delifrance replaced chickens with turkeys. Instead of just pointing out the faults of the government, Hong Kong people should try to safeguard themselves by following the guidelines issued by the government. Always be health-conscious and keep ourselves fit and strong, we will not be easily frightened by new diseases.
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Approximate Word count = 3152
Approximate Pages = 13 (250 words per page double spaced)
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