Commissioner of Customs and Excise leads Customs officers and "Customs YES" members to Sichuan to study national cultural heritage conservation works (with photos)

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     The Commissioner of Customs and Excise, Ms Louise Ho, yesterday (July 3) led 10 Customs officers and 50 members of "Customs YES" to Sichuan to learn about the national cultural heritage conservation works.

     Ms Ho and the Vice-Minister of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and Administrator of the National Cultural Heritage Administration, Mr Li Qun, yesterday attended the opening ceremony of the 2nd Mainland, Hong Kong and Macao Course on Capacity Building to Prevent Illegal Trafficking of Cultural Heritage, which was jointly organised by the National Cultural Heritage Administration and Hong Kong Customs.

     A total of 36 enforcement and cultural heritage conservation officers from the three places, including 10 Hong Kong Customs officers and officers from the Chengdu Customs District, the Hong Kong Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau, the Hong Kong Development Bureau, the Hong Kong Police Force, the Macao Customs Service, the Macao Judiciary Police, the Macao Public Security Police Force and the Macao Cultural Affairs Bureau, participated in the five-day course. The participating Hong Kong Customs officers will become members of the National Cultural Heritage Identification Team of the department, shouldering the responsibilities for combating the trafficking of national cultural heritage and providing support to other frontline officers in the identification and handling of national cultural heritage.

     Speaking at the opening ceremony, Ms Ho encouraged the officers to treasure the invaluable learning opportunity, fully devote themselves, and get well prepared to accomplish the mission of protecting national cultural heritage.

     On the same day, Ms Ho led 50 "Customs YES" members on a visit to the Sichuan University Museum, where they joined a lacquer painting workshop of the "Sun and Immortal Birds". She encouraged the members to learn about the profound and precious history of the country and to preserve the excellent Chinese culture through experiencing traditional craftsmanship.

     Ms Ho today (July 4) led the delegation of "Customs YES" to attend the opening ceremony of the 2nd Sichuan-Hong Kong-Macao-Taiwan Youth Exchange and Cooperation Week and launch ceremony of "Thousands of Hong Kong Youth Exploring Sichuan". In her speech, Ms Ho encouraged the participants to embrace the ideals and aspirations of "contributing to the prosperity of the country and the rejuvenation of the nation", and to utilise their strengths to become a new impetus for promoting national development and integration among the four places.

     During her visit, Ms Ho also paid a courtesy call to the Chengdu Customs District to strengthen co-operation. Moreover, she visited Chengdu Tianfu International Airport and met with the Director of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Chengdu, Mr Enoch Yuen.

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The Commissioner of Customs and Excise, Ms Louise Ho, and the Vice-Minister of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and Administrator of the National Cultural Heritage Administration, Mr Li Qun, on July 3 attended the opening ceremony of the 2nd Mainland, Hong Kong and Macao Course on Capacity Building to Prevent Illegal Trafficking of Cultural Heritage, which was jointly organised by the National Cultural Heritage Administration and Hong Kong Customs. A total of 36 enforcement and cultural heritage conservation officers from the three places, including 10 Hong Kong Customs officers, attended the course. Photo shows Ms Ho (first row, eighth right); Mr Li (first row, centre); Vice Governor of the People's Government of Sichuan Province Mr Hu Yun (first row, eighth left); the Secretary of the Party Committee of Sichuan University, Mr Gan Lin (first row, seventh right), and other Mainland and Hong Kong Customs officials, as well as Hong Kong Customs officers participating in the course.

The Commissioner of Customs and Excise, Ms Louise Ho (third right), and the Vice-Minister of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and Administrator of the National Cultural Heritage Administration, Mr Li Qun (fourth right), on July 3 attended the opening ceremony of the 2nd Mainland, Hong Kong and Macao Course on Capacity Building to Prevent Illegal Trafficking of Cultural Heritage, which was jointly organised by the National Cultural Heritage Administration and Hong Kong Customs.

The Commissioner of Customs and Excise, Ms. Louise Ho, July 3 led 50 members of "Customs YES" to Sichuan to learn about the national cultural heritage conservation works. Photo shows Ms Ho (first row, eight right); the Vice-Minister of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and Administrator of the National Cultural Heritage Administration, Mr Li Qun (first row, centre); Vice Governor of the People's Government of Sichuan Province Mr Hu Yun (first row, eighth left); the Secretary of the Party Committee of Sichuan University, Mr Gan Lin (first row, seventh right); the Assistant Commissioner of Customs and Excise (Intelligence and Investigation), Mr Barry Lai (first row, seventh left); the Honorary Founding Executive Director of the Executive Committee of "Customs YES", Mr Edgar Kwan (first row, sixth right), other members on the visit and "Customs YES" members.

The Commissioner of Customs and Excise, Ms Louise Ho, on July 3 led 50 members of "Customs YES" to Sichuan to learn about the national cultural heritage conservation works. Photo shows Ms Ho (first left) interacting with "Customs YES" members in the Sichuan University Museum.

The Commissioner of Customs and Excise, Ms Louise Ho (first right), on July 3 led 50 members of "Customs YES" to Sichuan to learn about the national cultural heritage conservation works. Photo shows Ms Ho and "Customs YES" members taking part in a lacquer painting workshop of "Sun and Immortal Birds".

The Commissioner of Customs and Excise, Ms Louise Ho, on July 3 met with the Director General in the Chengdu Customs District, Mr Bi Kexin. Photo shows Ms Ho (fourth right); Mr Bi (centre); the Director-General of the Macao Customs Service, Mr Vong Man-chong (fourth left); the Assistant Commissioner (Intelligence and Investigation) of Customs and Excise, Mr Barry Lai (third right), members of the Hong Kong Customs delegation and officers of the Chengdu Customs District.

The Commissioner of Customs and Excise, Ms Louise Ho, on July 3 paid a courtesy call to the Chengdu Customs District. Photo shows Ms Ho (centre) and the Director-General of the Macao Customs Service, Mr Vong Man-chong (first right), accompanied by Deputy Director General in the Chengdu Customs District Mr Wu Wei (first left), visiting Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to study the latest Smart Customs developments of passenger clearance.

The Commissioner of Customs and Excise, Ms Louise Ho (second right); Vice Chairperson of the CPPCC Sichuan Provincial Committee Mr Ouyang Zehua (centre); the Director of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Chengdu, Mr Enoch Yuen (first right); Deputy Head of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Sichuan Provincial Committee Mr Wen Su (second left); and Standing Committee Member of All-China Youth Federation Mr Albert Chuang (first left), participated in the kick-off ceremony of "Thousands of Hong Kong Youth Exploring Sichuan" today (July 4).

The Commissioner of Customs and Excise, Ms Louise Ho, participated in the opening ceremony of the 2nd Sichuan-Hong Kong-Macao-Taiwan Youth Exchange and Cooperation Week today (July 4). Photo shows Ms Ho delivering a speech at the opening ceremony.