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The Financial Secretary, Mr John C Tsang, today (October 10, Lima time) continued to have meetings with his counterparts on the sidelines of the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group in Lima, Peru.
Mr Tsang held a meeting with the Chair of the Board of Governors of the US Federal Reserve System, Dr Janet Yellen. Issues including the impact of US monetary policy on major and emerging economies and the global economic outlook were discussed.
Mr Tsang also had meetings with the senior management of two international financial institutions, including the Brown Brothers Harriman and the Citigroup. They exchanged views on developments in the financial market.
Mr Tsang also met with Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance of Peru, Mr Enzo Defilippi. Both sides agreed to enhance co-operation in the economic and trade fronts.
He also visited a local fruit and vegetable market in Lima. Currently, over 60 per cent of exports from Peru to Hong Kong are fruits.
Mr Tsang's visit to Lima ended with a dinner with the Chinese Ambassador to Peru, Mr Jia Guide.
Mr Tsang will leave Lima tomorrow (October 11, Lima time) and have a stopover in New York, where he will have a lunch meeting with the Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations, Mr Liu Jieyi. He will also attend a reception for the Hong Kong community hosted by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in New York at the Museum of Chinese in America on Monday (October 12, Eastern Standard Time), before he departs New York.
He will return to Hong Kong in the morning on Wednesday (October 14).
Ends/Sunday, October 11, 2015
Issued at HKT 08:12
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