61.   Lai Sing, who runs a small clinic on Jordan Road in Kowloon, said the bird flu could be treated with typical Chinese medicine for colds and flu.

62.   Li of the Agriculture Ministry said there are many avian viruses and the government is investigating whether the Hong Kong bird flu was present.

63.   Lo also noted the disastrous opening of the new airport and an outbreak of bird flu that sickened people and forced a mass chicken slaughter.

64.   Many such flu strains originate in birds, then spread to swine, which are capable of hosting both the bird flu and human flu.

65.   Mainland officials repeated earlier statements on Wednesday that they had not discovered any cases of bird flu in humans.

66.   Meanwhile, a Department of Health official said a four-year-old boy at Yan Chai Hospital could have the bird flu.

67.   Meanwhile, officials in Shenzhen said there was no bird flu in the city.

68.   Most recently, a deadly strain of bird flu began sickening humans in Hong Kong for the first time, killing two.

69.   Mr Tam made the remarks after many worried people rushed to the emergency rooms of hospitals during the Christmas holidays to check if they had caught the bird flu.

70.   Mr Lee criticised the government here for trying to suppress the truth about bird flu at first, then blaming the media for reporting it.