April 11, 2003
Deadly Illness Closes Hong Kong's Universities
A highly contagious flu-likeillness that is sweeping across Asia prompted all of Hong Kong's universities to suspend classes last week, and resulted in the closing of a technical college in Singapore.
Meanwhile, Syracuse University has shut down its exchange program in Hong Kong, and some other American universities are reconsidering their study-abroad programs in the region.
The move by Hong Kong universities to suspend classes for a week was made after the heads of Hong Kong's
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