The test result of the three crew members of the Hong Kong Television Broadcasts ltd. had shown they do hot have Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), a spokeswoman for the Hospital Authority of the Hong Kong government said Friday.

The television trio had symptoms of an upper respiratory infection, including fever, sore throat and phlegm when they were admitted to isolation wards of Queen Mary Hospital Tuesday. They had started feeling unwell on Dec. 30 after visiting a Guangdong hospital and markets selling wildlife.

(Xinhua News Agency January 9, 2004)