Job Discussion Forums

[JMD]

(From The Smoking Gun: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/hongkongsars1.html)

"APRIL 9--In an exquisite example of unfortunate timing, as the SARS epidemic rages in the Pacific Rim, magazine advertisements placed by the Hong Kong Tourism Board promote the city as a vacation destination that "will take your breath away." The half-page ad is appearing this month in a variety of British publications, including Cosmopolitan (which is where TSG found the below ad, placed prominently on page six of the fashion mag's April edition). Shortness of breath is one of the principal symptoms of severe acute respiratory illness, or SARS. The illness, which apparently began in China and then moved to Hong Kong, has resulted in about 100 deaths and more than 3000 cases worldwide. The tourism ad campaign was planned before the SARS outbreak and print ads could not be yanked in time."

You can see the actual ad on the site.

[gerard]

HA HA...smoking gun is a good site. that could be a mad magazine joke. guess you could argue the chances of getting sars are still pretty small...I wanted to go to Canton on Mayday holiday but think Ill go in the other direction...

[zacharybilton]