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| Aug.26 |
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2nd storm in a week batters southern China  Map of Macau China Southern China: A tropical storm is lashing Hong Kong and Macau with heavy rain and strong wind just days after the cities were battered by the strongest typhoon
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| Aug.11 |
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Eggs containing fipronil found in 15 EU countries and Hong Kong European Union: Fifteen EU countries as well as Hong Kong and Switzerland have received eggs contaminated with the insecticide fipronil
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| Mar.26 |
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Hong Kong escalator malfunction injures dozens Dozens of people were injured when an escalator at a Hong Kong shopping centre malfunctioned
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| Aug.1 |
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 Typhoon Nida moving northwest across southern China Southern China: Nida is moving northwest across southern China, bringing high winds and heavy rain but no immediate reports of deaths or destruction
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| May.20 |
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Roof of Hong Kong university gym collapses; 3 hurt 3 people hurt and triggering temporary panic among students who thought it was an explosion at the City University of Hong Kong
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| Sep.24 |
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 Engine fault panics passengers and diverts Cathay Pacific flight  Indonesia: A flight from Australia to Hong Kong has been diverted due to an engine fault that a passenger says sent flame streaming from a wing
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| Jul.9 |
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2 typhoons menace China in a week Tropical Storm Linfa was moving directly over Hong Kong, after making landfall as a typhoon in the surrounding province of Guangdong
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| Feb.14 |
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HK ferry disaster captain convicted
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| Dec.24 |
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 Hong Kong crash sparks money grab Map of Wan Chai Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong police have appealed to the public to return millions of dollars taken after a van transporting HK$525m crashed on a major road
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| Sep.15 |
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Typhoon Kalmaegi sweeps past Hong Kong
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| Jul.16 |
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Twenty injured when S Africa to HK plane hits turbulence
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| Mar.23 |
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Malaysia Airlines jet in emergency landing in HK
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| Jan.27 |
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 Hong Kong culls chickens over H7N9| Hong Kong has begun culling 20,000 chickens after the H7N9 bird flu virus was found in poultry imported from mainland China | |
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| Nov.28 |
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Dozens injured in Hong Kong ferry boat crash The high-speed boat struck an unknown object near Sunshine Island around 1:20 a.m. At least 85 people were injured
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| Sep.22 |
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Powerful typhoon heads to Hong Kong
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| Apr.12 |
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Death toll climbs to 10 in bird flu crisis The death toll in China's bird flu crisis stood at 10, as Hong Kong authorities announced plans to test all poultry imported from the mainland
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| Nov.21 |
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'Fat Duck' chefs die in Hong Kong crash
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| Oct.8 |
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Flu strain, not SARS, behind health scare
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| Oct.3 |
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Hong Kong mourns collision dead
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| Oct.1 |
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 Hong Kong boat collision kills 36  | One of the boats was carrying more than 120 people to a fireworks display when it half-sank following Monday night's collision near Lamma Island | |
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| Jul.23 |
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Strong typhoon lashes Hong Kong Typhoon Vicente is leaving scores injured, hundreds of trees felled and many flights cancelled or delayed
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| Dec.21 |
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HK gathers chickens after bird flu found
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| Nov.17 |
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First Hong Kong bird flu case in 7 years
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| May.8 |
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 'Flu' hotel guests free Nearly 300 guests and staff have been released after being held in quarantine for a week due to a feared outbreak of swine flu
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| May.1 |
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'Flu' hotel sealed off| About 300 people have been placed under quarantine after a guest there became China's first confirmed swine flu case | |
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| Oct.5 |
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 Melamine in Cadbury products Hong Kong authorities announced that 2 recalled candy products made by British confectioner Cadbury had high levels of melamine
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| Aug.21 |
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Hong Kong braces for possible typhoon hit Typhoon Nuri is moving toward Hong Kong after destruction in the Philippines that killed 7 people
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| Jan.4 |
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WHO vows focus on flu and Africa The new chief of the World Health Organisation Margaret Chan has taken office
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| May.15 |
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Killer typhoon threatens Hong Kong
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| Sep.2 |
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Typhoon lashes Hong Kong
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| May.4 |
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HK breathes easier on SARS news
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| May.3 |
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SARS doctors board stricken ship
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 Ship issues SARS distress call Captain is saying 10 of its 24 crew members seem to be suffering symptoms of SARS
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| Apr.21 |
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HK hopeful on SARS outbreak effort
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| Apr.19 |
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12 more people have died from SARS The latest figures raise the death toll from the disease in Hong Kong to 81
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| Apr.2 |
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WHO issues HK virus travel warning
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| Mar.30 |
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Deadly virus flats quarantined
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| Mar.13 |
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  First alert over SARS Virulent flu and pneumonia has swept through hospitals in Hong Kong and Vietnam
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Airliner with 225 people crashed into sea  Taiwan: There is little hope of finding survivors after a Boeing 747-200 crashed on its way to Hong Kong | |
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| Jul.5 |
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Powerful typhoon
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| May.20 |
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Hong Kong puts lid on bird flu Thousands of birds to be killed in more than 130 markets. Buddhist monks are praying for the lost souls
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