Three-day suspension of live pig supplies unlikely to affect Hongkongers over Lunar New Year holiday

Pigs may be taking centre stage this Lunar New Year, but some people in Hong Kong are steering clear of pork dishes during the festivities for the Year of the Pig amid rising concerns about African swine fever and a three-day suspension of sales of the meat in the city. Hong Kong’s pork industry confirmed last week it would halt the supply of live pigs in the city over the first three days of the Lunar New Year period to ­conduct ­thorough cleansing ­operations after nearly 1...