H5N1

The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department has confirmed, that two dead birds have been removed from the Olympic Equestrian venues.

Secretary for Food & Health Dr York Chow has lowered the response level for avian flu to "alert" from "serious" after assessing the present risk the virus poses and environmental hygiene at retail outlets.

Live chicken will be for sale again on July 2 if vendors agree not to keep the poultry alive overnight.

Health chief York Chow Yat-ngok yesterday told legislators a ban on keeping live chickens in wet markets overnight may be the only way to avoid another bird flu outbreak.

The Health Secretary, York Chow, says the Government is considering seeking emergency legislation to force poultry traders to accept controversial anti-birdflu measures.

The risk of human cases of avian influenza in Hong Kong is low thanks to the city's safeguards against the disease. This was the message from Secretary for Food & Health Dr York Chow today in response to the bird flu outbreak at a Guangzhou duck f...

Almost 4,000 ducks have died from bird flu in Guangdong. The Food and Health Bureau here has been notified by mainland authorities. Another 17,000 ducks have been culled.

Times Square is being sued by the government to recover what could run into millions in unauthorized profits it has raked in from charging rent for the use of public space.

A 54-year-old man hired to clean one of the markets at the center of the latest bird flu outbreak has come down with influenza - but has tested negative for the deadly H5N1 virus.

The government is using scientists as scapegoats to advocate the unpopular ban on keeping live chickens overnight, vendors claim.