https://www.scmp.com/rss/167228/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Big firms' pay rises above 3pc, close to 9-year high Average salary increases remain near post-1998 highs, according to an Employers' Federation of Hong Kong survey of 126 companies with a combined workforce of 160,000. Of these, 55 had given pay rises averaging 3.14 per cent in the first two months of the year, down from the average 3.19 per cent rises awarded in the same period last year. The federation recommends 2.5 per cent. The other 71 expect to award pay rises averaging 2.9 per... https://www.scmp.com/article/586006/brief?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/586006/brief?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 21 Mar 2007 16:00:00 +0000 Fourth infection may have come from Tseung Kwan O market A nine-month-old girl who made frequent visits to a wet market has been confirmed to have contracted H9N2, a rare form of bird flu, bringing the total number of infections recorded in Hong Kong to four. Controller of the Centre for Health Protection, Thomas Tsang Ho-fai, said this was the third time H9N2 viruses had been found in humans in the city. Two girls, aged one and four, were infected in 1999 and in 2003 a boy was infected. ... https://www.scmp.com/article/585893/baby-girl-contracts-rare-strain-bird-flu?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/585893/baby-girl-contracts-rare-strain-bird-flu?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:00:00 +0000 Ken Shortridge, a professor of microbiology at the University of Hong Kong, told an inquest into the deaths of five people from the H5N1 virus in 1997 that H9N2, which infected two girls in April, was a potential danger to the public. At a medical conference in Belgium it was confirmed that the new virus was present in chickens throughout Asia, the Middle East and Europe. Some pigs were also found to be carrying it. Two girls, aged one and four, the first Hong Kong victims of the new... https://www.scmp.com/article/285385/expert-warns-virus-threat?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/285385/expert-warns-virus-threat?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 15 Jun 1999 16:00:00 +0000 Experts have warned that the recently discovered H9N2 virus is much more sophisticated than the killer bird flu virus, and that Hong Kong may be at risk from this new type of influenza. A coroner suggested the Government ban the sale of live poultry to prevent another avian flu outbreak, but chicken sellers worried it would hurt their businesses. The H5N1 outbreak in 1997 killed five people. Coroner Paul Kelly said the proposed measure would be useful in dealing with the problem. He... https://www.scmp.com/article/285384/feathers-fly-over-poultry-abattoir-plan?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/285384/feathers-fly-over-poultry-abattoir-plan?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 15 Jun 1999 16:00:00 +0000