Hi, guys.
Brisbane, Where I am now is the host city for the World summit called G20 this year. And it is supposed to be held over this weekend. At the same time, Some barricades and road closures throughtout the town are expected. While past leader's summits have seen mass arrests, violent demonstrations and vandalism.
There are pros and cons to be the host for the event, but For citizens it's hard to see the pros during the period. The whole town is expected to be a ghost town in a twist of irony...
Me either.. I will be holing myself up in my place as I don't want to get involved in those kind of issues that are expected to happen like protests and vandalism.
yeah, but I just want to watch some stupids egg some of the motorcades and found themselves behind bar right away. Lol
Last of all, I will give you a trivia of G20. There are only 19 member countries in the G20, not 20. Nigeria was supposed to have been the final addition, but was bumped off at the end. The name stuck...
私がいるブリスベンは、今回の世界サミットの開催地です。そしてそのG20が今週末まさに開催されています。
と言っても、市民にとってはあまりいい事はなく、むしろ迷惑。世界中のリーダーが集まるのだから、その分テロへの警戒も上がり、街中に警官。中心街にはバスも規制されて入れないし、毎回このG２０開催都市は、その期間中、街がゴーストタウンになるんだそう。自分も、抗議デモや派手な破壊行為に巻き込まれたくないので、街にはいかず。
色々と面倒ですが、これを期に世界が良い方向に少しでも向かうきっかけになれば・・・ね。
最後に豆知識として、G20とありますが、実際に集まったのは１９の国・地域のトップです。ナイジェリアが直前に来れなくなったみたい。