  We re-analyse the long distance contributions to the process $b \to s l^+
l^-$. Full $q^2$-behavior of the vector meson dominance amplitude is used
together with the effect of Terasaki suppression, and comparisons with the
previous results are given. We show that the interference between short- and
long- distance contributions makes it difficult to extract the short distance
information from the dominant long distance background, either in the dilepton
invariant mass distribution or in the single lepton energy spectrum.
