Incident Response
- Peter K F Cheung SBS
- Nov 24, 2020
- 3 min read
FADE IN.
Act 1
INT. STUDY - MORNING
Holding an invitation card, PETER reads.
PETER (V.O.): It's a Speech Day invitation from my alma mater secondary school.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): HKUST has recently invited me to a virtual congregation online to minimize risks that might be brought about by large-scale events.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Why my alma mater is celebrating the Speech Day in person?
Peter reads the details of the invitation.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It's a Speech Day of Classes 2019 and 2020. It didn't hold one last year, and couldn't wait this year.
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): First, the human disruption, and then the natural pandemic. Should I accept or decline?
Art 2
INT. SKYLINE TOWER - LATER
Peter in suit is standing and turning around in front of a smart sanitizing station.
PETER (V.O.): How convenient it is to disinfect myself, at least on the surface! What a welcoming facility!
Then, Peter is excited to see a moving robot disinfecting the carpet tirelessly.
PETER (V.O) (Cont'd): I believe it's driven by artificial intelligence. The world needs robots to deal with public hygiene chores.
Peter takes a few photos of the cleaning robot.
PETER (V.O) (Cont'd): The management here makes a real difference!
Recalling.
PETER (V.O) (Cont'd): If I was still working in the housing management sector, I won't hesitate to provide such customer-friendly services.
INT. MALL - LUNCH TIME
Peter and his SON arrive in a Chinese restaurant. A RECEPTIONIST greets them.
PETER: Do you have a table for two?
RECEPTIONIST: Yes!
As they're being led inside, Peter and his son walk past tables and tables of customers.
PETER (V.O.): It's quite crowded.
SON: Coming here once is enough...
PETER (V.O.): Oh, my son respects my choice. But one mistake can be too much in these pandemic days!
Immediately, Peter signals to the receptionist in front that they want to walk out.
PETER: It's embarrassing. But we've to act timely to respond to our health concern.
SON: When I see the crowd here, I recall the news that Chinese restaurants could be venues of super-spreading events.
PETER: Yes, I can also visualize how unhappy and uncomfortable if we stayed put, eating in a rather exposed and risky environment.
Exiting the Chinese restaurant, they walk past a fast-food chain restaurant with few customers.
PETER: Is this one OK?
SON: Looks good.
PETER: If it's OK with you as a doctor-to-be, it must be OK for me.
Passing through a temperature-check machine, they do their orders and find their socially-distanced seats.
INT. PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL - LATE AFTERNOON
Peter swims towards the pool wall. Seeing other swimmers resting there, Peter turns around.
PETER (V.O): It's my incident response in the social-distancing context.
Peter continues to swim to the other end of the pool where there're fewer souls.
PETER (V.O) (Cont'd): Whereas robots need artificial intelligence, mine is inherent.
Resting in a corner, Peter stares at the pool water.
PETER (V.O) (Cont'd): The 4th wave of COVID-19 infection has arrived. Hong Kong's travel bubble has already burst.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O) (Cont'd): I still hope that public swimming pools won't close again. I swim 1000 meters everyday to keep fit.
Act 3
INT. STUDY - EVENING
The TV is telling stories about COVID-19 vaccination.
PETER (V.O): After getting regulatory authorities' approvals of the vaccines, the next hurdles are their production and distribution.
Picking up the Speech Day invitation card, Peter reads.
PETER (V.O) (Cont'd): While there's a notice at the bottom about the unlikely Red/Black Rainstorm and Typhoon Signal No.8 incidents, the 4th wave of COVID-19 infection isn't foreseen.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O) (Cont'd): From the public hygiene perspective, there's no reason I should support it, particularly as a senior citizen.
Peter surfs the web with his phone.
PETER (V.O) (Cont'd): Oh, there're 80 new COVID-19 cases today. I'd better help prevent any COVID-19 spreading incident from happening.
Using QR Code to fill in a Google form, we see Peter checking "No" in an option.
FADE OUT.
THE END

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