York Chow
York Chow
Dr. York Chow Yat-Ngok, GBS, SBS, MBE, JP, was the Secretary for Food and Health of Hong Kong and a member of the Executive Council. He was appointed as Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food in 2004. The position has since been renamed to Secretary for Food and Health from reshuffling in 2007...
careful close might proven
If it is proven to be human-to-human transmission, ... then we have to be very careful and we might have to close the border.
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He is an urban resident, he had no contact with farms or any poultry from the villages. His only exposure is the wet markets, which has poultry which are supposedly safe for consumption and safe for the public.
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China has agreed to more stringent screening and testing of fish sold to Hong Kong,
course hope scenario
Of course we hope such a scenario won't occur, but we have to be psychologically prepared.
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I have to say that on the evidence we have it's most likely that the avian flu virus H5N1 is already endemic in this region.
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(Owners) feel that if we impose an anti-smoking ordinance within a very short time, they definitely would face a loss of business and eventually even closure of some of their establishments.
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Since different kinds of wild birds and chickens have this virus, we can be quite sure that this virus is endemic in our birds.
endemic evidence likely
With the evidence that we have, it's most likely that the avian flu, that is the H5N1 virus, is already endemic in this region.
hope
We hope to have legislation in two week.
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With all the measures we have taken and all measures we propose, most likely we have adequate measures and the H5N1 virus only has limited transmission to poultry and to humans.