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Fully-sponsored visits Those for which the visitor has been invited to Hong Kong by the Government and for which all expenditure relating to airfares, hotel accommodation, meals and land transport is met by the Government.

Partially-sponsored visits: Those for which the VIP, visiting Hong Kong for his own purposes, has been invited to extend his visit by a few days in order to undertake a Government programme. Hotel accommodation, meals and land transport are paid for by the Government.

Programme-only visits Those for which there is minimal Government expenditure. Government simply arranges a programme of visits and meetings for the visitor.

Other regions include Belarus, Brazil, Congo, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Indonesia, Israel, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Russian Federation, Singapore, Thailand, Turkey, Vietnam, APEC and the United Nations.

Visitors from the Mainland were sponsored to come to Hong Kong under the following programmes

(i) the Sponsored Visitors' Programme organised by the Government

Information Services Department;

(ii) the high-level sponsored visits arranged by the Constitutional Affairs

Branch; and

(iii) the legal study visits organised by the Legal Department.