Thursday, July 31, 2008

WORDS OF WISDOM FOR TODAY

CHINA DAILY TELLS US EVERYTHING IS NORMAL AS EXPECTED - YES MOST OF THE MISSING TOURISTS WILL ARRIVE EXACTLY ON 08.08.08 at - okay a few minutes before 8.08 PM - but maybe they can't because the "airtraffic" will be already completely blocked - be assured for almost the whole day. Here the "Words Of Wisdom" for today"
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"Though more than half the rooms in four-star hotels are still available, the numbers were in line with expectations, said Xiong.
"This is what we expected," she said. "There are still quite a lot of people from other cities and provinces who have tickets but have not yet booked rooms. When August comes, the occupancy rate will be much higher than the present booking rate."
But there have been rumors linking the Chinese government's new visa controls to low hotel reservations. Sun Weide, a spokesman for the Beijing Olympic organizers, denied that the new visa regulations were responsible for low hotel bookings.
"The visa policy is very clear -- it's to guarantee the security of competitors over the Olympics period ... We will take whatever steps are necessary to ensure a peaceful Games," Sun said.
"We welcome foreign friends from all over the world to come to Beijing to compete in and watch the Games, and continue to take measures to provide convenience in applying for visas," he added."
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The whole "story" you can read here "Beijing is ready to entertain" - what will be entertained ?
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cityguide/2008-07/31/content_6892890.htm
Today is almost August 1st - if you want to arrive in time for the opening or some competitions the later days you should have applied your visa already some time ago. Imagine you are in the States and want to apply today - you will earliest have it on Monday - maybe only Tursday and then board the plane very soon to arrive on next week Thursday. Maybe some people in EU or US are planning that short - but lets guess this is only 5- 10% - because for a resident of LA Beijing is not just around the corner - right ? Common sense Mr. Sun - where is it ?
It is admirable that you even get paid for this !
And to give some relaxation for EVERYBODY here some sweet song from ICE CUBE - we have heard he is applying CHINA VISA today:

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Ha Ha Ha - after the "China Drunkeness" it seems the big "hang-over" is close. Lets come back to the chinese reality:
1) It is ALWAYS "the others" who are WRONG - Not us + especially not ME
2) If 1) is not working then: Everything is according to the law and regulations of the PRC.
3) If 1) + 2) is not working: Please do not interfere in our issues.
4) If 1) + 2) + 3)is not enough, then simply we say: I have heard "about this" but please refer to the relevant department.
Good Night + enjoy the OLympics !