Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

13 May 2013

World Health Organisation officials said on Sunday it seemed likely a new coronavirus that has killed at least 18 people in the Middle East and Europe could be passed between humans, but only...

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A decade on from Sars: Torment of the first patient

1 Apr 2013

While most people's memories of the 2002-03 outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome - which killed 774 people worldwide - are fading, people like Huang Xingchu are still living with its...

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Ten years on - the mental and physical scars of Sars

31 Mar 2013

Ten years ago today, residents of Amoy Gardens in Hong Kong woke up to find their homes were on the front pages of newspapers around the world.

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Sars-linked virus may have spread between people

13 Feb 2013

British officials say a mysterious virus related to Sars may have spread between humans, as they confirmed the 11th case worldwide of the new coronavirus in a patient who they say probably caught...

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Rising from adversity: Timing was crucial in building Sandeep Sekhri's empire

7 Nov 2012

Timing has played a crucial role in restaurateur Sandeep Sekhri's success. The managing director of Dining Concepts has established 19 restaurants in 10 years, including Lupa and Carnevino with...

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New Sars-like virus detected in Middle East

24 Sep 2012

British health authorities have alerted the UN of a new respiratory virus in a severely ill patient from Qatar.

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Opinion

Howard Winn

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

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Shirley Yam

What were our top officials doing to let HKMEx fail?

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Wen letter gladdens Sars-struck estate

A housing estate badly hit by Sars in 2003 received a pleasant surprise from Beijing yesterday - a hand-written letter signed by Premier Wen Jiabao.

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Sars story lands website boss in labour camp

Baoding police in Hebei have sent a website owner to labour camp for two years for spreading a rumour about a case of severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) at a military hospital.

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Lai See

Hong Kong's Air Pollution Index is shamefully misleading

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What Sherlock Holmes can teach HK about pollution

Anyone who has read much English fiction from the late 19th or early 20th centuries will have come away with a powerful impression of London as a city shrouded in impenetrable, dank gloom.

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Who said it?

My wife has forgiven me

Henry Tang Ying-yen, former top civil servant and probable candidate for chief executive, on the marital infidelity story that just won't go away

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New film brings back Sars memories

The portrayal of Hong Kong as a disease-stricken city in a star-studded Hollywood blockbuster movie which opens in the city this week may get the cash rolling in at the box office, but how it will...

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