A hygiene "ambassador" cleans a high-life shopping mall in Hong Kong
April 15, 2003. More and more such "ambassadors" were hired by malls
and office towers to initiate hygiene practices. The deadly Severe
Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) is battering the financial hub's
already weak economy. Ratings agency Standard & Poor's said on Tuesday
that the outbreak could reduce Hong Kong's growth by between 0.6 and
1.5 percent. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

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