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5 August 2008
The 11th Hong Kong-Guangdong Cooperation
Joint Conference
Dim Sum TV Questions Officials Again
On Aug 4, Secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, Wang Yang and Governor Huang Huahua met with HKSAR Chief Executive, Mr. Donald Tsang and Chief Secretary, Mr. Henry Tang.
The 11th Plenary Session of the Hong Kong-Guangdong Cooperation Joint Conference was successfully held on August 5 at the White Swan Hotel. Both the governor of Guangdong Province, Huang Huahua, and Hong Kong SAR Chief Executive, Mr. Donald Tsang, conducted the conference together. The result was an agreement of 11 co-operations signed by both parties, with emphasis on 6 different aspects of co-operation including strengthening the service industry, promoting Hong Kong-owned trade enterprises, improving people’s living environments, enhancing infrastructure, finance, and social welfare. Also, a new co-operation was introduced to enhance the service industries, a package of 25 measures for early and pilot implementation.
Afterwards, at the press conference, Dim Sum TV was once again selected to ask questions. Reporter Guo Lu asked the leaders about how the two governments would help the processing trade enterprises in restructuring and upgrading.
Dim Sum TV reporter Guo Lu rosing questions for Mr. Donald Tsang and Mr. Huang Huahua on how the two governments can help the processing trade enterprises to restructure and upgrade.
Mr.Donald Tsang stated that the Hong Kong government will facilitate enterprises on a technological level to upgrade their products and assist them in restructuring with minimum interruptions with the help of the chambers of commerce and industry organizations. Also, enterprises will be encouraged to relocate to the Guangdong mountainous area, the east and west wings, Jiangxi and Hunan, and other provinces. The assistance aims to minimize any negative impact on the Hong Kong enterprises in moving with the country‚s policy and in attempting to become more productive overall.
Governor Huang Huahua said that the restructuring of the processing trade enterprise is crucial. Guangdong will adapt 5 new measures to promote the restructuring of the processing trade enterprises. The provincial government has decided to support the restructuring of enterprises by contributing RMB 400 million. The funds will be used to reinforce the infrastructure, labor training and constructions of industry parks and farmland capital, etc.
Press conference for The 11th Hong Kong-Guangdong Cooperation Joint Conference.
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