SCA to visit Mainland
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At the invitation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Secretary for Constitutional Affairs, Mr Stephen Lam, will lead a delegation to visit the Mainland from May 21 to 25, 2006.
While in Beijing, Mr Lam will meet officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council, and other relevant departments of the Central Authorities.
A spokesman for the Constitutional Affairs Bureau today (May 21) said that the visit would be conducted under the established arrangement of reciprocal visits between the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The delegation will depart from Hong Kong this evening and return to Hong Kong on Thursday.
Since 1999, officials from the HKSAR Government and those from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had been conducting reciprocal visits once a year to enhance communication and mutual understanding, the spokesman added.
Ends/Sunday, May 21, 2006
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