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FS to visit US and Canada
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     The Financial Secretary, Mr John C Tsang, will leave today (April 29) for a visit to the United States and Canada.  

     He will first visit San Francisco where he will attend a meeting with the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and visit Palmaz Vineyard in Napa Valley.

     In the evening, he will speak at a gala dinner hosted by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (San Francisco) and the Hong Kong Association of Northern California.

     On Friday (May 1), Mr Tsang will start the visit to Los Angeles where he will attend a breakfast meeting organised by the Los Angeles Town Hall and a business luncheon hosted by Hong Kong Trade Development Council, Hong Kong Tourism Board and the Hong Kong Association of Southern California.

     In the afternoon, he will be meeting the Walt Disney management to discuss the latest expansion plans of the Hong Kong Disneyland.

     Mr Tsang will leave Los Angeles on May 3 for Vancouver, Canada, where he will attend the opening ceremony and address a luncheon of the HKCBA National Forum on May 4.  He will also call on Mayor of Vancouver, Mr Gregor Robertson.  

     On May 5, after a roundtable breakfast seminar on Canada-Asia relations, Mr Tsang will meet university students and attend a dinner hosted by business leaders in Vancouver.

     During the duty visit, Mr Tsang will also meet political and business leaders, members of think-tanks, the media and Chinese communities on the outlook of the Hong Kong economy and business opportunities that are available in Hong Kong to international investors.

     Mr Tsang will leave Vancouver on May 6 arriving back to Hong Kong on May 7.

Ends/Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Issued at HKT 14:21

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