we were affected a LOT by SARS... at the time, hubby was a househusband, i was the sole breadwinner. i earned my living by tutoring privately.
i collected my $ at the beginning of the month for the rest of the month. i collected about 1/2 of my march fees, at which time, parents started to freak out. i then had no lessons from mid-march until early june! because parents had paid fees in march, i owed them lessons. i didn't collect any new fees until july!
it was a horrible time. granted, none of us were sick or dying, but we were basically stuck in our flat day in, day out. we couldn't afford to leave discovery bay, not even by bus. we lived off of noodles for months. i don't even remember how we managed to pay our rent.
financially, it set us back years, because we were playing catch up with all of our bills for months, if not longer.
The only reason why HK Island and Kowloon streets were empty was because everyone kept coming to Sai Kung!
My village, normally isolated and unknown to most of HK was swamped by coachloads of people, seeking 'fresh air' and a chance to get away from everyone else.
Yeah, right.
yes, carang is correct, the Amoy resident where, for part of them, re-allocated to Lady Mac Lehose....hence the surge in Sai Kung...
I seem to remember photos in Apple Daily or similar of the pipes being on the inside of the building but that may not have been Amoy Gardens.
Although wasn't there one theory that there was a crack in a sewage pipe on a low floor resulting in a fine mist of sewage. This was then wafted up in one of those semi encloses internal light columns which acted as Chimney.