1.   A middle-aged Hong Kong woman also contracted cholera after eating shellfish on the mainland early last month.

2.   A statement said investigations showed that the victims had contracted cholera in Thailand.

3.   A NURSE contracted cholera after she and seven friends visited a seafood restaurant in Causeway Bay, health chiefs revealed on Friday.

4.   Cholera is often contracted from polluted water, and outbreaks are common in southern regions of the former Soviet Union.

5.   Dr Tsang said the man had contracted cholera while visiting the mainland and he was not linked to the other cases.

6.   Health officials are awaiting test results to confirm whether the two elderly victims contracted the cholera from undercooked cockles.

7.   MANY more Hong Kong people will contract cholera this year because the devastating El Nino weather phenomenon is causing the infectious disease to spread in Southeast Asia.

8.   One person contracted cholera from travelling abroad but nine others have caught the disease from eating at Hong Kong restaurants since late January.

9.   The seventh case, last month,involved a Hong Kong resident who contracted cholera while travelling abroad.

10.   Thousands of Japanese canceled trips planned in March, April and May after Japanese television reported last month that dozens of people returning from Bali had contracted cholera.