The Chief Executive, Mr Chui Sai On, said Macao would strengthen co-operation with Jiangsu in tourism and other services industry with Jiangsu Province. Mr Chui said this soon after he and his official delegation arrived in Jiangsu in the afternoon when he met with the Secretary of CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee, Mr Luo Zhijun, and other top Jiangsu officials. Mr Luo told Mr Chui that Nanjing had maintained a long co-operation relationship with Macao in culture and tourism, and that Nanjing would fully support Macao's promotional activities -- Macao Week and Dynamic Macao in the city. Mr Chui said he wanted to extend the co-operation between the two places and pledged that Macao would fully support Jiangsu's promotional activities in Macao. After the meeting, he witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Jiangsu and Macao's tourism authorities on co-operation in this area and attended a reception hosted by Mr Luo. Before his departure for Nanjing, when asked by reporters on the government's response to the nuclear crisis triggered by earthquakes in Japan, Mr Chui said the Government had been monitoring the situation closely and believed that Macao was generally safe at the moment. As for the panic buying of salt among the community, Mr Chui said Macao had a stable stock but he called on the public not to worry or even panic because of rumours. He said the Fire Services Bureau and Health Bureau were now providing radiation screening on a voluntary basis to those returning from Japan.
