1.   But they say it is too early to rule out that scenario, despite the apparent success of the chicken slaughter this month in Hong Kong.

2.   Hong Kong officials have declared the outbreak over because no new cases have been discovered since the chicken slaughter three weeks ago.

3.   I participated once in a neighborhood chicken slaughter.

4.   No new cases of the virus have been reported since the chicken slaughter.

5.   Ducks kept together with chickens were also killed in the chicken slaughter, but farms raising only ducks were spared.

6.   He said the focus had shifted from purely a health issue at the outset to something much broader with the chicken slaughter.

7.   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.

8.   No new human cases have been reported since the chicken slaughter, and officials say they will know Wednesday whether the killing succeeded in containing the virus.

9.   No human cases have been diagnosed since the chicken slaughter.

10.   The demonstrators also accused the government of inefficiency in handling the chicken slaughter after four people were killed by the virus.