The Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, Mr Cheong U, today led a delegation to Taiwan for a five-day visit aimed to bolster exchanges between the two places. Talking to reporters before departing for Taipei, Mr Cheong said the visit was to fulfill a key mission outlined in the Chief Executive’s 2010 Policy Address last March, which was to boost co-operation between Macao and Taiwan on all fronts. The secretary underlined that the major goal of his trip was to foster better understanding between the two sides and to make friends, thereby paving the way for further co-operation in future. He added that he believed Macao’s ties with Taiwan would grow with time. During the visit, a Macao Week will be held in Taipei to promote Macao’s tourist industry and cultural resources in a bid to attract more visitors from Taiwan to Macao. Meanwhile, the delegation would meet with representatives of Taiwan’s cultural, tourism and health authorities for experience-sharing. It would also meet with Macao students studying in Taiwan to learn more about their lives there. Mr Cheong will meet with the President of the Friends of Hong Kong and Macao Association and Vice Chairman of the Kuomintang party, Mr Tseng Yung-Chuan. He would also make a courtesy call on the "Mainland Affairs Council". The Macao delegation comprised from the cultural, tourism and health authorities as well as industry representatives.
