Following is the transcript of remarks made by the Secretary for Food and Health, Dr Ko Wing-man, after attending a public function today (April 3):

Reporter: What are the new measures recommended and under what conditions can live poultry trade be maintained?

Secretary for Food and Health: The consultant recommended that under certain preconditions, Hong Kong can consider maintaining its live poultry trade. Those conditions include improvement measures on infection control, for example, how to prevent human contact with live poultry at the retail level.

 (Please also refer to the Chinese portion of the transcript.)

Ends/Monday, April 3, 2017
Issued at HKT 16:49

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