The Chief Executive, Mr Edmund Ho Hau Wah, will lead an official delegation to attend the Guangdong-Macao Co-operation Joint Conference 2008 in Zhuhai on Thursday.

Mr Ho will pay a courtesy call on the Secretary of the CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee, Mr Wang Yang, in Guangzhou tomorrow afternoon, after visiting sites of cultural industry in Foshan.

Mr Ho’s delegation will include the Secretary for Economy and Finance, Mr Francis Tam Pak Yuen; the Secretary for Transport and Public Works, Mr Lau Si Io, and the Chief of the Office of the Chief Executive, Mr Ho Veng On.

The Secretary for Administration and Justice, Ms Florinda Chan, will be Acting Chief Executive while Mr Ho is away.