Secretary for Commerce & Economic Development Algernon Yau will join a delegation this afternoon to visit Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Dongguan, the Government announced. Organised by the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the aim of the trip is to help delegates keep abreast of the latest development of the Greater Bay Area for better integration into the nation’s overall development. Mr Yau will return to Hong Kong on March 23. During his absence, Under Secretary for Commerce & Economic Development Bernard Chan will be Acting Secretary. http://dlvr.it/Sl99gg
Chief Executive-elect John Lee will depart for Beijing tomorrow to receive from the Central People’s Government the instrument of appointment as the sixth-term Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China.
Premier Li Keqiang presided at the seventh plenary meeting of the State Council last Friday and decided on Mr Lee’s appointment as the city’s next Chief Executive.
Mr Lee will be accompanied by Mrs Lee, Private Secretary to the Chief Executive-elect Priscilla To and Press Secretary Alex Chan.
He will return on May 31.
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