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2000-2014
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HK Bird Flu
As the cause and origin of Hong Kong's bird flu remain unknown, Buddhist monks in the territory are praying for the lost souls of the killed in a mass slaughter. -
CI 611 crashed into sea
Taiwanese airliner carrying 225 people crashed into the sea on its way to Hong Kong. -
SARs
Hong Kong suffers deadly outbreak of the SARs virus, which kills 300 people -
Typhoon lashes Hong Kong
Typhoon Dujuan has howled into the southern Chinese mainland, lashing Guangdong and Hong Kong with strong winds and rain. -
HK Disneyland
Hong Kong Disneyland opens to the world. -
Killer typhoon threatens Hong Kong
Hong Kong urged ships and boats on the open seas to seek shelter as the strongest typhoon threatens the city -
WHO vows focus on flu and Africa
The new chief of the World Health Organization has taken office, warning that bird flu remains a global threat. -
HK schools close amid flu fears
All kindergartens and junior schools in Hong Kong have closed early for their Easter holiday, after a flu-like illness killed three children. -
Five new UK flu cases confirmed
About 300 people at a Hong Kong hotel have been placed under quarantine after a guest there became China's first confirmed swine flu case. -
Hong Kong diagnoses first bird flu case in seven years
A woman in Hong Kong is seriously ill in hospital with bird flu - the first human case of the disease to be diagnosed in the territory since 2003. -
Hong Kong culls thousands of chickens after bird flu discovered
The Hong Kong government said Wednesday that more than 17,000 chickens were being culled at a poultry market after a chicken carcass tested positive for avian flu. -
'Fat Duck' chefs die in Hong Kong crash
An investigation is under way into a horrific collision in Hong Kong that resulted in the deaths of two visiting chefs from Heston Blumenthal's famous British restaurant, The Fat Duck. -
Dozens injured in Hong Kong ferry boat crash
The boat struck an unknown object near Sunshine Island around 1:20 a.m., a government spokeswoman said. About an hour and a half later, it returned to the Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Terminal, where emergency crews rushed injured victims to hospitals, she said. -
Hong Kong culls chickens over H7N9
The government has banned the import of live chickens from the mainland for three weeks.
