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The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) Government, the Guangdong Provincial Government and the Macao SAR Government will convene the Liaison and Co-ordinating Meeting of Hong Kong, Guangdong and Macao in Jointly Taking Forward the Implementation of the ¡°Framework for Development and Reform Planning for Pearl River Delta Region¡± on February 19 in Hong Kong.
¡°The meeting will explore the follow-up actions of the framework,¡±a Government spokesman said today (February 10).
¡°The Hong Kong SAR Government attaches great importance to the agenda as proposed by the ¡®Framework¡¯ to promote closer co-operation among Hong Kong, Guangdong and Macao,¡± he said.
Under the principle of ¡°One Country, Two Systems¡±, the Hong Kong SAR Government will proactively take forward discussions with the governments of Guangdong and Macao to follow up comprehensively the implementation of the ¡°framework¡± with a view to formulating the strategy, targets and concrete measures on promoting closer co-operation among Hong Kong, Guangdong and Macao.
Ends/Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Issued at HKT 18:41
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