Chief Executive in Henan

The Chief Executive, Mr Edmund Ho Hau Wah, has arrived in Henan for tomorrow’s opening of the Expo Central China 2007. With more than 60 Macao business leaders participating in the exposition, Mr Ho said he believed this opportunity would enhance exchanges with the province and bolster co-operation and trade between the two places, he told the press at the airport before his departure. He said the purposes for his visit were to encourage partnerships in trade and tourism sector with Henan and other provinces in central China, and promote Macao’s role as service platforms for neighbouring regions and between China and the Portuguese-speaking countries. The Secretary for Economy and Finance, Mr Francis Tam Pak Yuen, who is in Mr Ho’s delegation, said that other than partnerships with provinces in the pan-Pearl River delta, Macao also attached much attention to co-operation with provinces in central and western China. He envisaged bright prospects for further co-operation between Macao and other provinces, especially in tertiary sector, and said he welcomed further exchanges with corporations from the Mainland.