MFA Press Statement Visit by Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

26 Sep 2017

Emeritus Senior Minister (ESM) Goh Chok Tong was hosted to lunch by Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Mrs Carrie Lam on 26 September 2017 at the Government House, Hong Kong during his visit to Hong Kong. Over lunch, ESM and Chief Executive Lam reaffirmed the good relations exemplified by the frequent exchange of visits between the leaders of Singapore and Hong Kong, including Chief Executive Lam’s recent visit to Singapore. They also exchanged views on future development challenges and opportunities facing Hong Kong and Singapore. ESM expressed optimism of Hong Kong’s future under “One Country, Two Systems”.

ESM is visiting Hong Kong to deliver the keynote speech at the 2017 AECOM-Asia Society Imagine 2060: Delivering Tomorrow’s Cities Together series entitled “The Potential of Hong Kong at the Water’s Edge”. ESM was also hosted to breakfast by Vice Chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and former Chief Executive Mr Tung Chee Hwa on 26 September 2017.

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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

SINGAPORE

26 SEPTEMBER 2017

ESM Goh meeting Mr Tung Chee Hwa, Vice-Chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and former Chief Executive of Hong Kong SAR.

ESM Goh visiting the Painting Her Way: The Ink Art of Fang Zhaoling exhibition at Asia Society Hong Kong Center.

ESM Goh giving the keynote address at the Imagine 2060: Delivering Tomorrow’s Cities Together symposium, co-organised by AECOM and Asia Society, on 25 September 2017.

Lunch with Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Mrs Carrie Lam on 26 September 2017 at the Government House, Hong Kong (photo credit: MFA)