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The Chief Secretary for Administration (CS), Mr Rafael Hui, will travel to Sichuan on Thursday (March 8) to visit the China Conservation and Research Centre for the Giant Panda at Wolong National Nature Reserve.
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Central People's Government will present a pair of giant pandas as a gift to Hong Kong. Ocean Park is renovating its existing facilities to prepare for the arrival of the giant pandas.
Mr Hui, the Permanent Secretary for Home Affairs, Mrs Carrie Lam and representatives of Ocean Park, will visit the Research Centre to learn more about the giant pandas and how the State Forestry Administration and the Research Centre select the new giant pandas for Hong Kong.
Mr Hui will return to Hong Kong on Saturday (March 10). The Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands, Mr Michael Suen, will be acting CS while Mr Hui is in Sichuan.
Ends/Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Issued at HKT 14:12
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