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FS to visit US, Peru and the Netherlands
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     The Financial Secretary, Mr John C Tsang, will visit the United States (US), Peru and the Netherlands from October 5 to 18.
      
     Mr Tsang will depart for Los Angeles in the small hours of October 5. While in Los Angeles on October 5 (Los Angeles time), he will deliver a speech at a luncheon organised by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, San Francisco. He will also meet with senior government officials of Los Angeles as well as representatives of the RAND Corporation, a leading think tank.
      
     On October 7 (Washington, DC, time), he will attend the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group in Washington, DC, as a member of the Chinese delegation. Mr Tsang will have meetings with representatives of the IMF, the Heritage Foundation and the European Commission, as well as members of the financial services industry.
      
     Mr Tsang will visit New York from October 8 to 12 (New York time). He will attend several luncheons and functions organised by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, New York; the Hong Kong Trade Development Council; Invest Hong Kong; the America China Public Affairs Institute; the China Institute; and the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce. He will be delivering keynote speeches on economic co-operation between Hong Kong and the US and the latest developments of financial services in Hong Kong. While in New York, Mr Tsang will also meet with senior government officials of New York and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
      
     Mr Tsang will then fly to Lima, Peru, to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Finance Ministers' Meeting from October 13 to October 15 (Lima time). Taking this opportunity, he will also meet with his counterparts attending the meeting on the sidelines.
      
     Before returning to Hong Kong, Mr Tsang will visit The Hague, the Netherlands, on October 16 and 17 (The Hague time) to strengthen economic ties between Hong Kong and the Netherlands.
      
     Mr Tsang will return to Hong Kong in the morning on October 18. In his absence, the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Professor K C Chan, will act as Financial Secretary.
      
      
  
 
Ends/Monday, October 3, 2016
Issued at HKT 20:15
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