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The Financial Secretary, Mr John C Tsang, will leave for Cebu, the Philippines, tomorrow (September 9) for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Finance Ministers' Meeting.
Mr Tsang will attend the APEC Finance Ministers' Retreat on Thursday (September 10) and join discussions at various sessions of the APEC Finance Ministers' Meeting on Friday (September 11).
He will also take the opportunity to hold bilateral meetings with a number of his counterparts on the sidelines of the Finance Ministers' Meeting.
Mr Tsang will return to Hong Kong on Friday night. In his absence, the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Professor K C Chan, will act as Financial Secretary.
Ends/Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Issued at HKT 16:00
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