| 1 |
The Government sets up the Mainland Affairs Liaison Office under the
Constitutional Affairs Bureau. |
| 4 |
The Government proposes an incentive scheme for the operators of
Hong Kong's 265 pig farms, who choose to surrender their licences
voluntarily and cease pig farming permanently. |
| 6 |
The Government announces the appointments to the Consultative
Committee and its three Advisory Groups on the Core Arts and Cultural
Facilities of the West Kowloon Cultural District. The Chief Secretary for
Administration will chair the Consultative Committee. |
| 7 |
The first Hong Kong Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
Awards are launched to recognise and promote the outstanding
achievements of local ICT professionals and organisations. |
| 9 |
The Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, arrives in Beijing on his
first official visit. |
| 11 |
The Government announces that it has reached an understanding with
the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) Corporation Limited on the structure and
the terms for the merger of the MTR and the Kowloon-Canton Railway
systems. |
| 20 |
The Chief Executive leads a delegation of government officials and local
business leaders to attend the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference
2006 in Hainan Province. |
| 22 |
The Chief Secretary for Administration speaks at the seminar on the
16th anniversary of the promulgation of the Basic Law. |
