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The Financial Secretary, Mr John C Tsang, will leave for the United States on Sunday (October 5) to attend the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group in Washington, DC, as a member of the Chinese delegation on October 10.
Mr Tsang will first have brief stops in New York and Boston before travelling to Washington, DC, in the afternoon on October 8.
During his stay in New York, Boston and Washington, DC, Mr Tsang will meet with US officials and prominent figures in the financial sector, including the Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Dr Janet Yellen.
Mr Tsang will return to Hong Kong in the morning on October 13. In his absence, the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Professor K C Chan, will act as Financial Secretary.
Ends/Friday, October 3, 2014
Issued at HKT 19:02
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