Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. As the avian flu outbreak spread on mainland China last week, Hong Kong was paid a visit by Dr Richard Besser, ABC News’ chief health and medical editor in the US. He was curious to see how the city was preparing for a possible H7N9 outbreak, and what he found was mostly reassuring, he said. He talked to Food and Health Secretary Dr Ko Wing-man and checked out a poultry screening facility on the Hong Kong-mainland border. A team of around 15 agricultural workers wearing white coats, rubber boots, surgical gloves and face shields descended on the truck. One worker cut off the seal that had been placed on the door to the truck at the poultry farm in Guangdong province. Then with the speed and precision of an army drill team, they went to work. They selected 30 chickens at random from the thousand or so in the truck. Each bird had the same fate: a sample of blood was drawn; a cloacal swab was obtained; and the bird was returned to its cage. The whole operation from the time the truck pulled in to when it departed with a fresh seal took no more than 30 minutes. By law, the seal cannot be removed until at least five hours later, when the rapid testing for H7N9 is completed. Spotify, finally In a tech-obsessed city such as Hong Kong, why is it that we are sometimes late to the table? Spotify, the hit online music-streaming service, arrived last week, after debuting in Stockholm more than four years ago and amassing more than 24 million users worldwide. The Li Ka-shing Foundation was an early investor , no less. CNet reports that Spotify’s biggest competitor in Asia is music piracy. “Piracy is very big in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong, we know that. And Spotify was founded to actually be a more convenient alternative to piracy. So we are here to combat piracy," said Sriram Krishnan, the company's head of new markets for Asia Pacific. But the city did come first in something tech-related. Probably the world’s only US$15.3 million iPhone will go to an unnamed Hong Kong businessman. The custom-built phone is encrusted in gold and precious gems, including a black diamond at 26 carats, and took nine weeks to produce, according to the designer . That’s something to boast about. Right? Other coverage, April 14-21 How secretive databases control Hong Kong’s haunted house market CNN looks at a listing of hongza properties, flats that can be bought for a discount because of a violent death. Smog levels in Hong Kong hit highs The Wall Street Journal and Financial Times took note of the “severe” air pollution that was as high as 210 on the index, “nearly the highest the city has experienced since 1999”. Arts and culture Articles on the annual ArtWalk depict the local art scene as vibrant and burgeoning, despite the growth of the citywide event in its 13th year. Hong Kong’s vibrant art walk BBC Hong Kong’s creative spaces head south WSJ How to navigate Hong Kong’s ArtWalk and changing art scene Conde Nast Traveler Hong Kong ArtWalk remembers its roots New York Times Cold War wins top prize at Hong Kong film awards The Hollywood Reporter and Los Angeles Times In photos German photographer Jens Fersterra features Hong Kong at night.