On June 23, 2003, the World Health Organisation removed Hong Kong from its list of “infected areas” of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) – a disease that killed 299 people in the city, including eight healthcare workers. Fourteen years later on the same day, dozens of people gathered at the SARS memorial garden in Hong … Continue reading In Pictures: ‘True heroes’ – Hongkongers pay tribute to medics who died in 2003 SARS epidemic