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HONG KONG, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government Friday decided to extend its universal screening program that aims to contain the spread of COVID-19. As of 11:00 a.m. local time on Friday, about 917,000 people have signed up online for the Universal Community Testing Program since it was launched on Tuesday and 521,000 samples have been collected, the HKSAR government's Secretary for the Civil Service Patrick Nip said at a press briefing. In view of the program's operation and the needs of the public over the past three days, the HKSAR government decided to...