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5 For chan's controversial remarks during the avian influenza crisis in 1997, see World
Journal , 10 november 2006, a21; see also richburg (1998).
6 Ming Pao , 9 november 2006, a15.
7 Strait Times , 30 april 2003.
8 Sing Tao Daily , 24 May 2006, b15. an austrian journalists association complained that
taiwan journalists were barred from covering the wHo meeting because the wHo said
that taiwan was not a member of the United nations.
9 Ming Pao , 11 March 2006, a11 .
10 In 2005, a conservative member of canada's Parliament initiated a private member's bill
that supported taiwan's participation in international the wHo, which was approved by
the Foreign affairs committee in the House of commons. World Journal , 20 May 2006,
a7 (see also Standing committee on Foreign affairs and International trade 2005). a
joint letter was signed by 151 members of House of commons and the Senate to appeal to
the WHO to accept Taiwan as an observer because the outbreak of any influenza pandemic
there would severely affect Canada, which has about 150 000 citizens visiting Canada
every year. For the american support of taiwan, see Ming Pao , 20 May 2006, a25.
11 'chan Praises Healthy cooperation', China Daily , 28 november 2006.
12 Chan is a Canadian citizen who holds a doctorate in medicine from the University of
western ontario.
13 'South Korea to Kill cats, Dogs over Flu Fears', Associated Press , 27 november 2006.
Some critics said that South Korea overreacted.
14 In 2006 30 smuggled chickens from china to vietnam were found to have H5 virus. Ming
Pao , 7 april 2006, a11.
15 United Daily Evening News (taiwan), March 30, 2006, cited in Today Daily News , March
31, 2006, p. b10.
16 When avian inluenza broke out in Guangdong in March 2006, Macao oficials went to
Zhongshan and Zhuhai to inspect the situation. TVB News , 7 March 2006.
17 the executive summary of Learning from SARS , the report of the national advisory
Committee on SARS and Public Health (2003b), pinpoints that 'the F/P/T [federal/
provincial/territorial] legislative frameworks for health emergencies have not been
analyzed for comparability and interoperability'.
18 a useful review of how the Hong Kong government coped with the SarS crisis can be
found in loh (2004, 117-138).
19 the author wrote a commentary in Ming Pao advocating that the HKSar government
should close the schools, after which he received a phone call from a parent saying that
his demand echoed the views of many worried parents.
20 Sing Tao Daily , 19 april 2006, a12.
21 In 2006, fake anti-inluenza vaccines were found in china and Hong Kong. It is noteworthy
that Tamiflu was reported to be linked to neurological disorders in a few cases.
22 Harris ali has accurately observed that compared to publicity campaigns in Hong Kong
and Singapore, Canada lags behind in terms of appealing to citizens to wash their hands
frequently, avoid contacts with birds, and shun the practice of feeding birds. Ming Pao ,
19 april 2006, a4.
23 Some members of the chinese community felt that during the SarS outbreak the
canadian chinese in toronto were unfairly labelled by other canadians as potential virus
carriers.
24 Ming Pao , 14 May 2006, a8.
25 Today Daily News , 16 april 2006, a4.