HONG KONG: A tentative smile flitters across the face of Man Ping-kui as a masked waitress pushing a trolley carrying her favourite lotus seed buns enters into view.
Instinctively, she calls out Bring me a plate before remembering her vow not to speak too often while not wearing a mask for fear of contracting the deadly Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) virus.
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