Under the framework of the "9+2" Pan-Pearl River Delta (PPRD) Regional Cooperation and Development Forum and the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA), strengthening multi-lateral cooperation will be the focal point of this 4th forum, said the Chief Executive, Mr Edmund Ho Hau Wah. The Chief Executive said this today as he led a delegation of government officials and local business people to Changsha, Hunan to attend the 4th PPRD Regional Cooperation and Development Forum and Economic and Trade Cooperation Fair. Asked by reporters at Macao International Airport on his departure that if Mr Ho would take this opportunity to further discuss with Hunan province officials the human resource cooperation issue. He said most activities would only concentrate on "9+2" cooperation, adding that he had no special arrangement to discuss specific cooperation with any particular province. "Macao and Hunan is willing to have a collaboration on human resource, and we hope to find ways, gradually, to strengthen our cooperation," said Mr Ho. "However, the existing cooperation mechanism for labour-market between Macao and the Mainland goes through the Ministry of Commerce, it is hard to surpass this mechanism and to discuss cooperation with specific province," he said. Mr Ho will attend the opening ceremony of the forum tomorrow and will deliver a speech on a forum to be attended by high-ranking officials. He is also scheduled to attend a dialogue with "9+2" leaders and officials from ministries of commerce of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries on June 10, which is one of the highlights of the forum. During Mr Ho's absence, the Secretary for Administration and Justice, Ms Florinda Chan will be the Acting Chief Executive. The PPRD Regional Cooperation and Development Forum was first established in 2004. It is also known as the "9+2", with members from nine provinces and two special administrative region, namely Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichan, Guizhou, Yunan, Hong Kong SAR and Macao SAR.
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