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May 5, 2003 1. Wide of anti-SARS billboard with fist 2. Mid shot man and women standing before billboard 3. Mid pan of slogan on billboard in Chinese characters and English, saying: "SARS will surely be conquered by our government under the leadership of the Communist Party of China" 4. Mid low shot of man walking past billboard 5. Wide shot police checkpoint on road to Miyun County 6. Mid shot board on road with roadblock announcement 7. Close up notice 8. Mid shot policeman signaling to cameraman to stop filming 9. Wide shot fence under construction with Miyun reservoir wall behind 10. Close up man welding fence 11. Wide shot construction site with reservoir wall 12. Wide shot man riding bike through checkpoint 13. Police signaling to cameraman to stop filming 14. Police and security official seated at checkpoint May 6, 2003 15. Wide shot news briefing 16. Cutaway press 17. Close up journalists 18. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) Xhou Liang Luo, Head of Haidian district in west Beijing: "We have a lot of outsiders. We have a highly dense and large floating population who have close contacts with each other. And this makes our fight against SARS a weighty and difficult task with high expectations." May 5, 2003 19. Wide shot long line of cars waiting at checkpoint 20. Sign in red Chinese characters "taxis stop for free disinfection" 21. Various man disinfecting car 22. Mid shot of police monitoring desk where they log the traffic, policeman's hand reaches across camera to stop filming STORYLINE: The Chinese government has launched a campaign to persuade the public that severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, can be defeated with the help of the Communist Party. Billboards and posters brandishing a clenched fist have appeared around Beijing proclaiming that under the leadership of the party, the government is sure to beat the contagious virus infecting people across the capital. In an effort to halt the spread of the disease, police are screening traffic departing Beijing on major roads, questioning drivers about their destinations and disinfecting vehicles - both cars and bicycles - passing beyond the city limits. Security at Miyun County north of Beijing has been increased dramatically to protect two reservoirs providing the primary source of fresh water for the capital. Beijing's Municipal Water Bureau has closed areas surrounding the Miyun and Huairou reservoirs, erecting fences to prevent public access. Beijing has restricted access to its reservoirs to reassure the public that drinking water is safe, but there is no sign that SARS can spread through the water supply, a government spokesman said on Tuesday. Those running some 80 smaller reservoirs have also been told to impose stricter safety precautions, said the spokesman, who would give only his surname, Yu. He didn't provide further details. The scenic mountains surrounding the Miyun and Huairou reservoirs are popular recreation sites for hiking, boating and water sports. Hotels and holiday resorts in the area have been ordered to close and villagers banned from taking boats out for watersports, according to the China News Agency. Vehicles travelling into Miyun County are being stopped and disinfected by officials clad in protective suits. Queues of traffic have formed on main roads in the area, as drivers wait to have their cars sprayed. Signs at checkpoints inform motorists that the sterilisation process is part of an effort by Chinese authorities to crack down on opportunists who have forced drivers to pay exorbitant fees to disinfect their vehicles. Severe acute respiratory syndrome has killed more than 100 people in Beijing, a city of 13 (m) million people, and has infected nearly 1,900. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/bcdfcf8be012b502ee2c84d253d029d6 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork