Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa on Saturday affirmed the
importance of the health check at the boarder control points for
preventing further spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
(SARS) in the city.
"I
am here today to emphasize that in order to prevent further spread
of SARS, it is important that we strengthen the health check at all
the border points," said Tung Chee Hwa after inspecting the
implementation of the health declaration measure at Lo Wu
checkpoint.
The government will be working very closely with the concerned
mainland authorities to check the health of the people going
through the checkpoints, he said, adding Hong Kong is going to
check the travelers crossing the borders with a body check on the
temperature on a random basis.
He
said the best way to do this checking is through an infrared
thermal imaging machine.
(Xinhua News Agency April 20, 2003)