The Chief Executive, Mr Chui Sai On, visited Hengqin this morning to learn more about the construction of the University of Macau's new campus and the planning of the Chinese medicine industrial park. According to a statement by the Office of the Chief Executive, Mr Chui held a working meeting with the Secretary of CPC Zhuhai Municipal Committee, Mr Gan Lin, on implementing the Guangdong-Macao Framework Agreement. During the meeting, Mr Chui said the Macao Government would implement the content of the framework agreement in order to build Macao into a global leisure hub and diversify its industries portfolio. He said both Macao and Guangdong had agreed to focus on co-operation in the Chinese medicine industrial park, cultural industry, tourism personnel training and convention and exhibition industry, and that they would discuss their follow-up work in a high-level meeting next month. Mr Gan said the implementation of the framework agreement and development of Hengqin by the joint efforts of Guangdong and Macao would help diversity Macao's economic spectrum. He said the construction of the new university campus would be completed by the end of next year. Macao and Zhuhai had set up a working mechanism to follow up on the construction of Chinese medicine industrial park and this could be an example for their co-operation in other areas, he said. Mr Hui Yongzheng, the former Deputy Ministry of the Ministry of Science and Technology and now an advisor of Macao's Science and Technology Council, explained his thoughts on the industrial park. After the meeting, they visited the sites of the new campus and industrial park. Mr Chui was accompanied by the Secretary for Economy for Finance, Mr Tam Pak Yuen, the Secretary for Transport and Public Works, Mr Lau Si Io, the Chief-of-Cabinet of the Office of the Chief Executive, Mr Tam Chon Weng, the Secretary-General of the Executive Council and Advisor of the Office of the Chief Executive, Ms O Lam, Advisors of the Office of the Chief Executive, Mr Fung Sio Weng and Mr Kou Chin Hung, Advisor of the Office of the Secretary for Economy and Finance, Ms Leong Wai Leng, Advisor of the Office of the Secretary for Transport and Public Works, Mr Cheong Kok Kei, and the Assistant Coordinator of the Preparatory Office for Chinese Traditional Medicine Industrial Park, Ms Chan Keng Hong.
