All-out efforts for a successful 8th APEC Tourism Ministerial Meeting

Office of the Chief Executive

2014-03-04 00:52

CE:All-out efforts for a successful APEC Tourism Ministerial Meeting

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The Chief Executive, Mr Chui Sai On, today convened a preparatory meeting for the 8th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Tourism Ministerial Meeting (TMM8) and instructed all parties to make all-out efforts for a successful project.

The meeting was held at the Government Headquarters where Mr Chui told all participating departments to make good evaluations and preparations on security, meeting arrangements, finance, human resources, venues, protocol and promotion.

The Government would keep close contact with the National Tourism Administration and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he said.

The Chief Executive stressed that hosting the TMM8 is one of the most important tasks for Macao, and instructed all parties to ensure adequate resources to support the meeting.

All members of the Organizing Committee who took part in today’s meeting provided suggestion based on their area of expertise. Secretary for Security, Mr Cheong Kuoc Va, introduced the work on security, the Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, Mr Cheong U, said he would instruct related departments to prepare well for the TMM8, the Chief-of-Cabinet of the Office of the Chief Executive, and the Secretary-General of the Committee, Mr Alexis Tam Chon Weng, gave details on the consensus made with the related departments in the Mainland, the Director of the Financial Services Bureau, Ms Vitória Alice Maria da Conceição introduced the preliminary plan for the TMM8.

The APEC Tourism Ministerial Meeting Organizing Committee was established on 9 January 2014 in accordance with the Chief Executive’s dispatch made on the same day.

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the establishment of APEC: China would once again host the APEC meeting and gave approval for Macao to undertake the hosting of the 2014 APEC Tourism Ministerial Meeting. An organizing committee was established to better prepare for the meeting.

The Committee is chaired by the Chief Executive with members included the Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, Mr Cheong U; the Secretary for Security, Mr Cheong Kuoc Va; the Chief-of-Cabinet of the Office of the Chief Executive, Mr Alexis Tam Chon Weng (the Secretary-General); the Secretary-General of the Executive Council, Ms Wallis O Lam; the Director of the Macau Government Tourist Office, Ms Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes, the Commissioner of the Public Security Police Force, Mr Ma Io Kun; the Director of the Government Information Bureau, Mr Victor Chan Chi Ping; the Director of the Protocol, Public Relations and External Affairs Office, Mr Daniel Fung Sio Weng, the Director of the Financial Services Bureau, Ms Vitória Alice Maria da Conceição, Advisers of the Office of the Chief Executive, Mr Kou Chin Hung, Ms Tam Ka Wa, Ms Loi I Man.

All expenses the TMM8 would be borne by the Office of the Chief Executive.

The Vice Premier, Mr Wang Yang, announced Macao would host the 2014 APEC TMM8 when he was here last November for the 4th Ministerial Conference of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries.

Mr Chui had exchanged views on the preparations and arrangements for hosting the TMM8 with the Chairman of the National Tourism Administration, Mr Shao Qiwei, and the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Zhang Yesui, during his annual duty visit to Beijing.