Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

14 Feb 2013

The latest case brings the worldwide number of confirmed infections with the new virus - known as the novel coronavirus - to 11, of whom five have died. Most of those had recently travelled in the...

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...

New Sars-like virus infects British patient in 10th case globally

12 Feb 2013

A new virus from the same family as Sars that sparked a global alert in September has been found in another patient in Britain, health officials said on Monday.

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...

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.

Opinion

Wang Xiangwei

Super ministries may not be the right answer for mainland China

Alex Lo

Church developers remain unbowed by government rules

George Chen

A house is not a home until it becomes affordable

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.

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.

Lai See

Hong Kong's Air Pollution Index is shamefully misleading

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...