1.   In the wake of the bird flu scare, a number of countries including Japan and Saudi Arabia have restricted poultry imports from China.

2.   Plunging regional currencies and a spate of unfavourable publicity about Hong Kong, including the bird flu scare, have deterred travellers from visiting the former British colony.

3.   AS the bird flu scare spreads, some chicken food chains are taking steps to avoid huge business losses.

4.   DUCKS raised in Hong Kong will be on the menu for the first time in more than four months following the bird flu scare which killed six people.

5.   Dr Li said at the height of the bird flu scare in December, the hospital received additional manpower from the Hospital Authority.

6.   FAMILIES may put health before tradition by not eating chicken at the winter solstice, because of the bird flu scare.

7.   He also blasted the performance of civil servants, saying they were incapable of handling a serious crisis such as the recent financial turmoil or the bird flu scare.

8.   He cited the bird flu scare, saying that if an emergency panel had been formed, decisions would have been made faster and more efficiently.

9.   Hong Kong put an indefinite ban on the chickens from the mainland at the height of the bird flu scare.

10.   In the wake of the bird flu scare, the government has proposed centralised slaughter arrangements for web-footed poultry such as geese and ducks to avoid cross-contamination.