Chief Executive Edmund Ho described his official visit to Germany as fruitful, saying that it strengthened Macao’s role as the platform in South China and by that Macao could contribute a little in the Sino-Germany relation. He said that one of the most encouraging result of this visit was that the Federal Government and many state governments were encouraging their Small and medium-size enterprises to use Macao as a platform for the Pan-Pearl River Delta region, adding that he believed Macao has much to offer in this respect and by doing that would strengthen Macao’s position as a platform which the SAR had worked hard to develop. He emphasised that the relation between China and Germany was really well and Macao could also play a small role to contribute to this relation. He said that the visit helped to establish close ties between Macao and some German cities which not only was helpful to industrial and commercial exchanges but would also benefit to the diversification of industry in Macao and the city’s development in many aspects such as environmental protection, public transportation system and urban planning.
