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President Jiang Zemin and his wife, Ms Wang Yeping, arrived in Hong Kong this afternoon (June 30) to attend the activities celebrating the 5th anniversary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).
They were accompanied by Vice-Premier Qian Qichen and his wife, Ms Zhou Hanqiong, and other senior Central People's Government (CPG) officials.
The Chief Executive, Mr Tung Chee Hwa, and Mrs Betty Tung welcomed them at the airport. Other members of the welcoming party were the Director of the Liaison Office of the CPG in the HKSAR, Mr Jiang Enzhu; the Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal, Mr Andrew Li; the Chief Secretary for Administration, Mr Donald Tsang; the Financial Secretary, Mr Antony Leung; the Secretary for Justice, Ms Elsie Leung; the President of the Legislative Council, Mrs Rita Fan; the Member of the Executive Council, Mr Leung Chun-ying; the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China in the HKSAR, Mr Ji Peiding; as well as the Commander-in-chief, Lieutenant General Xiong Ziren, and Political Commissar, Major-General Wang Yufa, of the People's Liberation Army Forces in Hong Kong.
The Police band struck up music as President Jiang and his wife stepped from the plane, and a group of children were also on hand waving flags to give a warm welcome to the party.
Mr Tung will host a dinner reception for the state leaders at Government House this evening.
End/Sunday, June 30, 2002
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Photo
: President Jiang Zemin waves to a group of children waving flags
to welcome him and Mrs Jiang.
