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HK Delegation to attend Border Liaison Review Meeting

At the invitation of the Deputy Secretary General and Director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Guangdong Provincial Government, Mr Chao Zhenwei, a Hong Kong Government delegation will visit Guangdong from January 26 to 28 (Sunday to Tuesday) for the 17th Annual Border Liaison Review Meeting.

Led by the Secretary for Constitutional Affairs, Mr Nicholas Ng, members of the delegation will include Mrs Regina Ip, Director of Immigration; Mrs Carrie Yau, Deputy Secretary for Security; Mr Canice Mak, Deputy Secretary for Planning, Environment and Lands; Miss Nancy Law, Deputy Secretary for Transport; and Mr Spencer Foo, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Operations).

Other members are Mr Edmond Lau, Principal Assistant Secretary for Constitutional Affairs; Miss Shirley Yung, Assistant Secretary for Constitutional Affairs; and Mr Himly Li, Mr K. F Li and Mr Ronald Fok, Border Liaison Officers respectively for Customs, Immigration and the Police.

The meeting will be held in the morning on Monday (January 27) in Guangzhou to review border liaison arrangements for cooperation as well as cross- border traffic management over the past year. The two sides will also look ahead for the future and discuss ways of further strengthening these arrangements.

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Trade director to attend APEC meeting in Canada

The Director-General of Trade, Mr Alan Lai, will represent Hong Kong at this year's first Senior Officials Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) to be held on January 27 and 28 in Victoria, Canada,

Mr Lai will lead a Hong Kong delegation comprising officials from the Trade and Industry Branch, the Financial Services Branch, the Customs and Excise Department, the Government Supplies Department, the Industry Department, the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Toronto, and the Trade Department.

At the meeting in Victoria, senior officials will map out the themes and priorities of APEC in 1997 in the light of decisions and initiatives agreed by APEC Ministers and Economic Leaders in Subic, the Philippines, last November.