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They also reported the Portuguese members of the land group:

Head:

Members:

Dr Joao De Deus Ramos, Minister Plenipotentiary, Second Class, Foreign

Affairs;

Dr Mario Gomes Ribeiro, Adviser, Office of the Deputy Secretary for Public Works and Transport, Macao;

Mr Raimundo Arrais Do Rosario, Director of Public Works and Transport, Macao.

3. The Chinese members of the Joint Liaison Group were reported as being:

Head:

Members:

Ambassador Kang Jimin »)

Mr Zhang Xianglin, Deputy Department Director of the Office of Hong Kong and Macao Affairs of State Council;

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Mr Cai Sicong, Department Director, Macao Bureau, New China Agency;

Mr Shao Guanfu, Counsellor of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Portugal;

Mr Mi Shiheng

Counsellor of the Office of Hong Kong and Macao Affairs with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Chinese members of the land group are:

4.

Leader:

Members:

Mr Zhang Xianglin;

Mr Xie Houhe, Division Chief of the Office of Hong Kong and Macao Affairs of the State Council;

Mr Liang Jingcheng, Senior Researcher, Economic Department, Macao Bureau, New China

News Agency.

According the NCNA, Ambassador Kang Jimin and Ambassador Carlos Alberto Simoes Coelho met on 15 January to discuss the work procedures of the group and the date, venue and agenda of its first meeting. Portuguese Ambassador has told our Ambassador that the first meeting will take place in April. At the same time, Zhang Xiangling and Dr Jaoa De Deus Ramos, Chinese and Portuguese