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[Business & Finance News and Press Releases] Earlier on, the Government conducted a scientific assessment to evaluate the risk of human infection by avian influenza viruses associated with the live poultry trade in Hong Kong, and consulted the Scientific Committee on Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases on the results of the assessment. The committee, chaired by Professor Yuen Kwok-yung and comprising doctors, veterinarians, microbiologists and other experts, agreed that the risk of avian influenza to Hong Kong had been significantly reduced in recent years and confirmed the efficacy of the control and surveillance measures at all levels.

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