BEIJING, July 16 -- The Hong Kong Legislative Council agreed Tuesday to allocate a new funding of 290 million HK dollars to fight against the pandemic influenza A/H1N1.

    It is learnt that the fund will be put into different departments of the government for pandemic control and moderation.

    Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's Chief Executive Donald Tsang has called for the whole society to take measures against the pandemic, since Hong Kong reported its first imported confirmed case of swine flu on May 1.

    After the first local infected case was confirmed on June 11, the fight has turned from disease control to moderation.

    The total number of confirmed cases in Hong Kong has reached 1,389 by July 14. Up to now 11 patients are in hospital, 10 are stable while one is in serious condition.

    Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Hong Kong.

    (Source: XHTV)