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iv Calendar of Events in 2009

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The Financial Secretary visits San Francisco, Los Angeles and Vancouver to update business leaders on Hong Kong's latest developments and to foster closer bilateral links.

Hong Kong confirms the first case of human swine influenza A (H1N1) brought in from outside.

The Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury begins a four-day visit to Brussels and London to promote Hong Kong as an international financial centre.

The Secretary for Development launches 'Operation Building Bright', a programme for repairing private old buildings and creating jobs.

Supplement VI to The Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) is signed, further liberalising various. service sectors in the Mainland.

Senior government officials join district councillors and local organisations for a 'Clean Hong Kong Day' urging citizens to maintain a healthy environment in the fight against pandemic disease.

Quacquarelli Symonds Limited, an international information specialist in higher education, lists three Hong Kong universities among the top five in Asia in its Asian University Rankings.

The Chief Executive and the Chief Secretary for Administration in Hong Kong and in Yingxiu, Sichuan respectively, attend commemoration activities to mark the first anniversary of the Wenchuan earthquake disaster.

The Financial Secretary launches a trial run of a Japanese electric car to be introduced to Hong Kong.

A Legislative Council delegation undertakes a three-day visit to see economic development and environmental protection measures in the Pearl River Delta Region.

The Secretary for Food and Health, Dr York Chow, attends the 62nd World Health Assembly in Geneva.

The Noah's Ark in Ma Wan, the world's only full-size replica, was opened to the public.

The Executive Council approves funding for the Mass Transit Railway West Island Line.

The Financial Secretary announces a further package of relief measures worth $16.8 billion to reduce the financial hardships caused by the global economic downturn and the human swine flu outbreak.

Hong Kong and Denmark sign a Memorandum of Understanding on co-operation in science and technology.