Just several minutes past 12:00 PM (noon time), the office became very quite. Everyone disappeared - to be more exact, escaped from the office. Only one lady doing the cleaning work are here, and me... I haven't had my lunch yet. It is an unusaul day. I never see office like this - no one in, in the middle of a normal Thursday.
It is not a normal Thursday. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is meeting in Shanghai. To ensure security of the meeting, the Raffles tower, along with many other office buildings in the area are closed. People are required to leave the building after 12:00 PM, and security people will come to check floor by floor, room by room.
Raffles tower is just 500 meters away from the Shanghai Government building. Security guys think it is the best place for people with a gun to shoot someone.
Look at the building in the middle - it is the government building, and the one on the right, with round corners, is Raffles Tower.
Above is the view from the building to government building, and the People's Square. If I am on higher floors, we can see better view.
Shanghai Cooperation Organization Meeting is Troublesome
It is not the first time Shanghai shutdown business to hold meetings. It is the case in APAC and other meetings. The original arrangement was, all office closes in Huangpu District and the Lujiazui area for three days, from Wed, to Friday. People come to work the previous weekend.
Many people don't like the plan, and boycotted the arrangement. Later, it is adjusted a little bit that it is SUGGESTED to close offices.
Yesterday and today, it is obvious not many people in Metro - I can easily get a seat in the morning, and not many cars. About 1 million government employees are on vacation these days, and some business also closes.
It is NOT a normal day. Big meeting in Shanghai means vacation for many people.
Let me run now. It is said elevator will be closed soon. I don't want to go downstairs by stairs, or caught by police.
