Issue: August 23, 2012   (Archive)
Saturday, May 25, 2013   

New jab set to fight bird flu
Hong Kong will switch to a mainland- developed vaccine to protect local farm chickens against a mutated H5N1 bird flu, the health minister said.



Prison officer denies ordering urine swap
A top Correctional Services Department officer said he did not tell staff to swap urine samples in order to raise the success rate of an addiction center.

Minister breaks silence in defense of flats-row wife
Development minister Paul Chan Mo- po yesterday insisted his wife, who has been given 60 days to remove illegal structures in two buildings in which she has a stake, was unaware of the alterations.

How rotten teeth make life a pain
Those with oral health problems such as tooth decay, bad breath and gum infections suffer in love, work and life.

High-tech festival bargains to come at a price
Items will be available for HK$1 when Hong Kong's biggest computer festival opens tomorrow - but there's a catch.

Fans flock to glimpse birthday boy Lin
Jeremy Lin Shu-hao of the Houston Rockets, the NBA star who generated "Linsanity" in Chinese communities in the United States and abroad, has arrived in Hong Kong and will celebrate his birthday today.

US girl squeezes the most out of life's lemons
There is always something positive associated with lemonade - first the cliched saying "when life throws you lemons, turn them into lemonade," and then the natural images of sunny days and a front- yard stand overseen by a smiling kid.



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