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To: tradermike_1999 who started this subject	4/16/2003 7:53:59 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) of 74559

Health tests extended to air arrivals Thursday, April 17, 2003 hongkong.scmp.com PETER MICHAEL Health checks have been ordered for all incoming and outgoing air travellers and may be extended to cover land and sea border controls to stem the spread of Sars. "We need to reassure the international community that effective measures are in place to prevent the spread of the disease across borders," said Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa last night. From midnight last night, health workers equipped with a hi-tech thermo-imaging machine were to be deployed at Chek Lap Kok to take the temperature of passengers departing Hong Kong. Mr Tung said similar measures would be extended to incoming air passengers from early next week. Land and sea border control points are also to be monitored. Under amended legislation, medical staff have the power to detain passengers for referral to a doctor. All medical costs will be borne by the traveller. A Health Department spokesman said the measures may "bring some inconvenience" to passengers, but hoped they would understand they were essential "for the sake of themselves and the international community". He said departing passengers were advised to arrive at the airport earlier to take into account the time needed for the checks. The MTR Corporation last night announced it would no longer allow travellers to use the in-town check-in service the day before their flight. The revised service will start at 5.30am and run until 11pm. The Board of Airline Representatives in Hong Kong yesterday endorsed the precautionary measures. But its chairman, Robert Cutler, sought to allay concerns about the risks of air travel, saying only three of the estimated 150 million people who had flown internationally since the start of the Sars outbreak last month had caught the virus as a result.

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