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The Financial Secretary, Mr John C Tsang, and other senior Government officials will appear on a number of media programmes over the weekend to explain the 2008-09 Budget and listen to the views of the public.
Following is the broadcast schedule:
Tomorrow (March 1)
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* The Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Mr Matthew Cheung Kin-chung, to speak on RTHK Radio 1 and 5's "Accountability" at 8am;
* The Financial Secretary to speak on Commercial Radio 1's "Saturday Forum" at 9am;
* The Financial Secretary's "Hong Kong Letter" to be broadcast on RTHK Radio 1 and 5 at 9am;
* The Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Mr Matthew Cheung Kin-chung, to speak on Commercial Radio 1's "Saturday Forum" at 10am;
* The Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Professor K C Chan, to speak on Metro Finance's "Ming's Tea House" at 9am.
March 2 (Sunday)
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* The Deputy Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury (Treasury), Ms Amy Tse, to appear on RTHK's "City Forum". The programme will be broadcast live on TVB-Jade at 12.05pm.
Ends/Friday, February 29, 2008
Issued at HKT 16:01
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