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Mrs Chan will first visit Sydney where she will officially open the Hong Kong Economic Trade Office on September 23. The office has been in operation since October last year to strengthen Hong Kong's economic and trade links with Australia and New Zealand.
At the same occasion, Mrs Chan will sign the Hong Kong/Australia Agreement on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters.
While in Sydney on September 24, Mrs Chan will deliver a keynote speech at a business luncheon organised by HKTDC, visit a children's hospital and meet Hong Kong student groups.
In the evening, Mrs Chan will attend a pop concert featuring leading Hong Kong Television Broadcasts Ltd singers and artistes at Sydney Town Hall. About 1,500 spectators will attend the concert. The programme will be televised in Australia and Hong Kong.
The Chief Secretary will visit Canberra on September 25. In the Australian capital. She will meet members of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade and other parliamentarians. She will also deliver a keynote speech at a luncheon hosted by the National Press Club.
On the following day, Mrs Chan will set off for the last leg of the visit, Melbourne. There, she will call on the Premier of Victoria, Mr Jeff Kennett, the Governor of Victoria, Mr Richard Elgin; and the Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Councillor Ivan Deveson.
She will deliver keynote speeches at a HKTDC business luncheon and a dinner hosted by the Asialink Centre of Melbourne University on September 26.
In Sydney and Melbourne, the business delegates will join Mrs Chan in roundtable discussions with local business leaders. The Chief Secretary will also be conducting media interviews and having editorial board meetings with leading Australian newspapers.
Mrs Chan will return to Hong Kong on September 29.
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