Ko Wing-man, Secretary for Food and Health. Photo: Felix Wong
Ko Wing-man, Secretary for Food and Health. Photo: Felix Wong
Ma Xiaowei (centre) vice minister of National Health and Family Planning Commission of China, and Ding Yitao (left) head of Nanjing Gulou Hospital, talk at the hospital entrance after Ma's visit of the hospital in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, late on Friday evening. Photo by Simon Song
Ma Xiaowei (centre) vice minister of National Health and Family Planning Commission of China, and Ding Yitao (left) head of Nanjing Gulou Hospital, talk at the hospital entrance after Ma's visit of the hospital in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, late on Friday evening. Photo by Simon Song
Authorities began culling birds at a major wholesale market in Shanghai on Friday. Photo: EPA
Authorities began culling birds at a major wholesale market in Shanghai on Friday. Photo: EPA
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Lai Ying-kit

Updated: 2:08am, 6 Apr, 2013

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Ko Wing-man, Secretary for Food and Health. Photo: Felix Wong
Ko Wing-man, Secretary for Food and Health. Photo: Felix Wong
Ma Xiaowei (centre) vice minister of National Health and Family Planning Commission of China, and Ding Yitao (left) head of Nanjing Gulou Hospital, talk at the hospital entrance after Ma's visit of the hospital in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, late on Friday evening. Photo by Simon Song
Ma Xiaowei (centre) vice minister of National Health and Family Planning Commission of China, and Ding Yitao (left) head of Nanjing Gulou Hospital, talk at the hospital entrance after Ma's visit of the hospital in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, late on Friday evening. Photo by Simon Song
Authorities began culling birds at a major wholesale market in Shanghai on Friday. Photo: EPA
Authorities began culling birds at a major wholesale market in Shanghai on Friday. Photo: EPA
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