President Hu Jintao visits Macao

General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the People's Republic of China, Chairman of the Central Military Commission, Mr Hu Jintao, has started his first visit to the Macao Special Administrative Region. He will preside over the Second Term MSAR Government Inauguration Ceremony tomorrow. The President arrived at Macao International Airport this morning. The Chief Executive, Edmund Ho Hau Wah and his wife, Ms Tatiana Lau greeted Mr Hu upon his arrival. The President said at the airport that he is happy to come to Macao for the fifth anniversary of the reunification of Macao with the motherland. “I am bringing with me the warmest greetings and deepest wishes from the Central Government and the whole nation to the people of Macao. “In the five years since its reunification of with the motherland, Macao has achieved significant economy and social development. The people of Macao are happy about these achievement and so is the Central Government and the whole nation.” President Hu urged the people of Macao to stay united and to build an even better future under the leadership of the SAR Government headed by Mr Edmund Ho. Also present to greet Mr Hu at the airport were CPPCC Vice-Chairman, Mr Ma Man Kei, President of the MSAR Legislative Assembly, Ms Susana Chou; President of the MSAR Court of Final Appeal, Mr Sam Hou Fai; Secretaries and principal officials of the MSAR Government: Ms Florinda Chan, Mr Francis Tam Pak Yuen, Mr Cheong Kuoc Va, Mr Fernando Chui Sai On, Mr Ao Man Long; Commissioner Against Corruption Mr Cheong U; Commissioner of Audit, Ms Fatima Choi Mei Lei; Chief Public Prosecutor Mr Ho Chio Meng; Commissioner General of the Unitary Police Service Mr José Proenca Ló Branco; Director-General of Macao Customs Mr Chôi Lai Hang; Vice-Minister of Public Security, Mr Tien Qiyu; Deputy Director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council, Chen Zuoer, Deputy Director of the Information Affairs Office of the State Council, Li Bing, Deputy Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the MSAR, Mr Xu Ze; Commissioner of the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China in the MSAR Mr. Wan Yongxiang; Commander of the Macao Garrison of the People's Liberation Army,Mr Liu Lianhua; the Political Commissar of the Macao Garrison of the People's Liberation Army, Mr Yang Zhongmin and community leaders. President Hu waved to a crowd welcoming him at the airport and received bouquets presented by children The President was accompanied by his wife, Ms Liu Yongqing, Alternate member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, a member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, director of General Office of the CPC Central Committe, Mr. Wang Gang;State Councillor, Mr Tang Jiaxuan; Vice-Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and Director of State Council's Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office, Mr Liao Hui; Member of the Central Military Commission, Chief of the general staff of the PLA, Mr Liang Guanglie; Director of the Policy Research Office of the CPC Central Committee Wang Huning; Deputy Director of General Office of the CPC Central Committe, Ling Jihua; Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the MSAR, Mr Bai Zhijian and other officials of the Central Government.