Macao delegation at UNESCAP annual ministerial meeting

A delegation led by the Secretary for Economy and Finance, Mr Francis Tam Pak Yuen, is in Kazakhstan to attend the annual ministerial meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), which opened yesterday in the city of Almaty. The theme for the three-day conference was to enhance economic growth in the region to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set out by UNESCAP. At the meeting, Mr Tam said that the Macao SAR Government would continue to support UNESCAP and help push for regional development. Members of Macao's delegation included the Acting Director of the Macao Economic Services, Mr Sou Tim Peng; Acting Deputy Director of Statistics and Census Bureau, Ms Kong Pek Fong, and the Director of the Social Welfare Bureau, Mr Ip Peng Kin.