Hong Kong signs air services amendment agreement with Israel (with photos)

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     The Secretary for Transport and Housing, Professor Anthony Cheung Bing-leung, today (June 8, Tel Aviv time) signed an air services amendment agreement on behalf of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region with the Government of the State of Israel in Tel Aviv.

     Representing the Government of the State of Israel to sign the agreement was the Minister of Transport and Road Safety, Mr Israel Katz.

     The amendment agreement and the air services agreement signed in March 1998 provide a legal framework for air links between Hong Kong and Israel, which will promote economic development and cultural exchanges between the two places.

     Professor Cheung said that Israel is an important aviation partner to Hong Kong. Israel is along the corridors of the Belt and Road Initiative. The signing of the amendment agreement marks an important chapter of the bilateral aviation relations between the two places, which will create more opportunities for economic and trade development between Hong Kong and Israel under the Belt and Road Initiative.

Ends/Thursday, June 8, 2017
Issued at HKT 18:00

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The Secretary for Transport and Housing, Professor Anthony Cheung Bing-leung (left), and the Israeli Minister of Transport and Road Safety, Mr Israel Katz (right), sign an air services amendment agreement in Tel Aviv, Israel, today (June 8, Tel Aviv time). The amendment agreement and the air services agreement signed in March 1998 provide a legal framework for air links between Hong Kong and Israel, which will promote economic development and cultural exchanges between the two places.

The Secretary for Transport and Housing, Professor Anthony Cheung Bing-leung (left), exchanges the signed air services amendment agreement with the Israeli Minister of Transport and Road Safety, Mr Israel Katz (right), in Tel Aviv, Israel, today (June 8, Tel Aviv time).