Macao SAR to Strengthen Cooperation with SingaporeThe Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China will strengthen cooperation with Singapore in information industry, high technology and the training of civil servants, the SAR's chief executive Edmund Ho Hau Wah said Tuesday.Ho will pay an official visit to Singapore from August 29 to September 1 and meet with Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew. In addition, Edmund Ho will attend some promotion activities held by the Tourist Office of the Macao SAR government. The visit will push forward tourism cooperation between the two with their respective advantages, he told the media after attending the ribbon-cutting ceremony of an exhibition held in Macao. Singapore has succeeded in edging in the tourism market of Malaysia and Indonesia. The experience of success will help Macao expand its tourism sector in the Pearl River Delta, the chief executive said. He also revealed that he would visit Japan in the middle or end of September. |
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