[asia-apec 1257] Re: APEC in Auckland - NZ Herald

[Roberto Verzola]

 >To deter saboteurs, a special police team will seal all manhole covers on
 >roads where APEC motorcades travel.
 >Other measures to prevent disruption and assassination bids during the APEC
 >conference next month include:
 >Restrictions on the movements of inner-city residents
 >Bans on roadside car parking
 >Closing roadside mail boxes
 >Reorganising rubbish collection systems.

What a perfect illustration of the way APEC works: for the benefit of
the big and the rich, rules will be suspended and ordinary people's
lives will be disrupted. In a way, the global economy is like traffic.
The best roads and any other road the big and rich decide they want to
use will be reserved for their exclusive use; everybody else which
suffer a total mess in the meantime.

Roberto Verzola
Philippine Greens