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Swine flu forces HK schools to close

By Justine Lau in Hong Kong

Published: June 11 2009 07:45 | Last updated: June 11 2009 07:45

Hong Kong will close all primary schools and kindergartens for two weeks starting Friday as more people in the territory were confirmed to have contracted the H1N1 swine flu, the government said on Thursday.

Donald Tsang, Hong Kong’s chief executive, said the decision was made after 12 secondary students were discovered to be infected.

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