Newsline [2003]
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24:30 11. China's new leadership
2003-03-16
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A new generation of leaders has been elected by the National People's Congress in Beijing. Joseph Cheng Yu-shek (Chair Professor of Political Science, City University of Hong Kong) and Johnny Lau Yui-...
24:10 12. US-led war on Iraq
2003-03-23
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Discusses the ongoing war in Iraq with Brigadier Christopher Hammerbeck (Former Commander of Britain's Fourth Armoured Bridgade (1991)) and Michael C. Davis (Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong...
25:11 13. Discussing the atypical pneumonia outbreak with Yeoh Eng-kiong
2003-03-30
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A talk with Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food Yeoh Eng-kiong about the source of atypical pneumonia infection, the way Hong Kong tackles the outbreak and co-operation needed from Mainland China. ...
24:48 14. Discussing the atypical pneumonia outbreak with Edward Leong Che-hung, Hospital Authority Chairman"
2003-04-06
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A talk with Edward Leong Che-hung (Chairman of the Hospital Authority) on the intense strain of the health system and its capability to cope with the rising numbers of Serious Acute Respiratory Syndro...
24:52 15. Economic impact of the SARS crisis
2003-04-13
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Discusses the extent of effect of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak on Hong Kong economy and what the government can do to relieve the current hardship without affecting the budget...
26:04 16. Post-war reconstruction of Iraq
2003-04-20
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Discusses the issue of reconstruction and humanitarian work in post-war Iraq. Anita Kwok Man-yi (Press and Public Affairs Manager, Medecins Sans Frontieres Hong Kong Office) reports on the current cha...
26:02 17. Hong Kong Government's economic relief package
2003-04-27
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Discusses the government's SARS relief package and its effectiveness. While Stephen Cheung Yan-leung (Chair Professor, Department of Economics and Finance, City University of Hong Kong) expresses doub...
24:49 18. Are healthcare workers adequately protected in the SARS crisis?
2003-05-04
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With frontline workers continue to be infected with the deadly Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Lo Wing-lok (President, Hong Kong Medical Association) attributes this to the poor management o...
25:14 19. How to make Hong Kong buildings safer from a health point of view
2003-05-11
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The drainage system was found to be the main spreader in Amoy Gardens' Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak. Examines ways to prevent similar future epidemics. Cheung Hau-wai (Deputy Dir...
24:27 20. The work of the Economic Re-launch Strategy Group
2003-05-18
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The government has set up an Economic Re-launch Strategy Group to help re-invigorate the economy devastated by the Atypical Pneumonia epidemic. George Yuen Kam-ho (Chief Executive, The Better Hong Ko...
