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The Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, Mr Gregory So, will depart for Cebu in the Philippines on Sunday (September 6) to attend the second Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Structural Reform Ministerial Meeting to be held on September 7 and 8.
Under APEC's overarching theme for this year, "Building Inclusive Economies, Building a Better World", the meeting will be structured around five themes, namely Structural Reform for Inclusive Growth, Structural Reform and Innovation, Structural Reform and Services, Tools for Structural Reform and New Directions for Structural Reform in APEC.
Mr So will return to Hong Kong in the evening on September 8. The Under Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, Mr Godfrey Leung, will be the Acting Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development during Mr So's absence.
Ends/Friday, September 4, 2015
Issued at HKT 16:00
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