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The Financial Secretary, Mr John C Tsang, today (May 21) continued his visit to Vladivostok, Russia.
Mr Tsang and the business delegation took a boat trip in the morning to Russky Island where the 2012 APEC Leaders Summit will be held and was briefed by the project director, Mr Nicholai Rogov, on the various infrastructural projects planned for the Island in preparation for the APEC meeting. These include a bridge linking the island with mainland Vladivostok.
Mr Rogov thanked the Financial Secretary for the advice and assistance provided by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government during his previous visits to Hong Kong to study the construction of the Stonecutters Bridge which is of a design similar to that of the Russky Island bridge.
Following the boat trip, the delegation attended a lunch hosted by the Consulate-General of the People's Republic of China in Khabarovsk, Mr Sun Lijie.
After lunch, the delegation visited the container port facilities in the city and a property development project.
In the evening, the Financial Secretary opened a Hong Kong Photo Exhibition at the Arseniev State Museum of Primorsky Region.
The delegation will round up its visit to Heilongjiang and Vladivostok and return to Hong Kong tomorrow (May 22).
Ends/Friday, May 21, 2010
Issued at HKT 16:05
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