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Hong Kong signs MOU with Pakistan on education co-operation (with photos)
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     ​The Education Bureau today (January 5) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training of Pakistan to enhance education collaboration between the two places.
      
     The MOU was signed by the Secretary for Education, Dr Choi Yuk-lin, and the Consul-General of Pakistan in Hong Kong, Mr Bilal Ahmad Butt. The signing was witnessed by the visiting Pakistani Ambassador to China, Mr Moin ul Haque.
      
     "The MOU marks the beginning of a new phase of close co-operation between Hong Kong and Pakistan in the area of education. We have signed nine MOUs with countries along the Belt and Road (B&R) to date. It demonstrates the Government's commitment to and effort in enhancing the internationalisation of education as well as strengthening educational ties and exchanges with the B&R countries. I am confident that the MOU will facilitate more comprehensive exchanges and collaboration in education between the two places," Dr Choi said.
      
     The MOU provides for a framework to facilitate strategic education collaboration between Hong Kong and Pakistan and covers mutually beneficial initiatives, including the exchange of expertise and experience; exchange of educational literature, teaching aids and demonstration materials; as well as exchanges of scholars, teachers, experts, students and other education personnel.
 
Ends/Thursday, January 5, 2023
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The Secretary for Education, Dr Choi Yuk-lin (front row, right), and the Consul-General of Pakistan in Hong Kong, Mr Bilal Ahmad Butt (front row, left), today (January 5) sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on education co-operation. The Pakistani Ambassador to China, Mr Moin ul Haque (back row), witnesses the signing of the MOU.
The Secretary for Education, Dr Choi Yuk-lin (right), is pictured with the Pakistani Ambassador to China, Mr Moin ul Haque (centre), and the Consul-General of Pakistan in Hong Kong, Mr Bilal Ahmad Butt (left), after the signing ceremony for the Memorandum of Understanding on education co-operation today (January 5).