HK secretary for constitutional affairs to visit Beijing
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-05-21 16:58
HONG KONG -- At the invitation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hong Kong
Secretary for Constitutional Affairs Stephen Lam, will lead a delegation to
visit the Chinese mainland from May 21 to 25, according to a government press
release on Sunday.
While in Beijing, Lam will meet officials of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State
Council, and other relevant departments of the central authorities.
A
spokesman for Hong Kong Constitutional Affairs Bureau said on Sunday that the
visit would be conducted under the established arrangement of reciprocal visits
between the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR)
and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The delegation will depart from
Hong Kong Sunday evening and return to Hong Kong next Thursday.
Since
1999, officials from the HKSAR government and those from the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs had been conducting reciprocal visits once a year to enhance
communication and mutual understanding, the spokesman added.
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