Delegations have arrived in Beijing to attend the ASEAN members
conference on SARS quarantine and border controls scheduled for
Sunday and Monday.
Participants including those from Hong Kong and Macao Special
Administrative Regions were greeted by Chinese officials at
Beijing's international airport on Saturday.
A
Hong Kong health official said she and her colleagues were looking
forward to exchanging information and experiences in SARS
quarantine and border controls with experts from the mainland and
ASEAN countries. She said her team was working on how to facilitate
quarantine processes through scientific means.
The meeting was proposed in late April at a conference in Bangkok
on the fight against SARS. It is expected to adopt a joint action
plan to reduce the negative effects SARS has had on international
travel.
(CCTV June 1, 2003)