August 29, 2011 - Week in Review
See the week's main Government news in pictures.
Life lessons: Under Secretary for Education Kenneth Chen (centre) shares his views on national education at a youth exchange session organised by the Commission on Youth, with Commission Chairman Bunny Chan (right) and Moral & National Education Ad Hoc Committee Chairman Prof Lee Chack-fan. (August 29, 2011)
Container contraband: Customs officers seize 794 African ivory tusks inside a container shipped to Hong Kong. (August 29, 2011)
Overarching link: Housing Authority Chairman Eva Cheng (second right) visits a site in Sha Tin where she is briefed by Housing Department Assistant Director Lam Sze-chuen (third right) on the authority’s longest footbridge - at about 70 meters in length and with a unique arch support - to be built at the site. (August 30, 2011)
Northwest visit: Vice-Premier Li Keqiang (right) meets Chief Executive Donald Tsang in Urumqi. (August 31, 2011)
Innovative infrastructure: Secretary for Development Carrie Lam and Shenzhen Executive Vice-Mayor Lu Ruifeng (right) view the entries for the Liantang-Heung Yuen Wai BCP Passenger Terminal Building following the prize presentation ceremony. (September 1, 2011)
Hong Kong calling: Chief Executive Donald Tsang delivers a speech on Hong Kong's advantages at the China-Eurasia Forum on Economic Development & Co-operation: Achieving Win-win Co-operation & Promoting Sustainable Development in Urumqi. (September 1, 2011)
Fresh perspectives: Director of Home Affairs Pamela Tan and Secretary for Constitutional & Mainland Affairs Stephen Lam listen to people’s views at a forum on the Government's consultation paper on the arrangements for filling vacancies in the Legislative Council at the Hong Kong Science Museum. (September 1, 2011)
Class act: Under Secretary for Education Kenneth Chen attends the school year opening ceremony of Jinshan Town No.1 Primary School in Deyangshi, one of the 69 school-reconstruction projects supported by the Trust Fund in Support of Reconstruction in the Sichuan Earthquake Stricken Areas. (September 1, 2011)
Xinjiang exchange: Chief Executive Donald Tsang (left) meets Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Party Committee Secretary Zhang Chunxian in Urumqi. (September 2, 2011)
History recall: Acting Chief Executive Henry Tang delivers a speech at the Centenary of the 1911 Revolution forum at the Hong Kong Exhibition & Convention Centre. (September 2, 2011)
Harbour hike: Secretary for Development Carrie Lam and other officiating guests take a stroll down the new Hung Hom Promenade and Extension of Tsim Sha Tsui Promenade. (September 3, 2011)
Poll party: Secretary for Constitutional & Mainland Affairs Stephen Lam (centre, front row) attends the 2011 District Council Election launch ceremony, along with (from left) Director of Home Affairs Pamela Tan, Electoral Affairs Commission Chairman Justice Barnabas Fung, Permanent Secretary for Constitutional & Mainland Affairs Joshua Law, and Acting Director of Broadcasting Gordon Leung. (September 3, 2011)
Education goal: Director General of the Hong Kong Island Sub-office, Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in Hong Kong Wu Yangwei (third right), Phoenix Charitable Foundation Chairman Dr Lee Yuk-lun (second left), Hong Kong Canteen Director Ng Kwok-wing (second right), and Commissioner of Correctional Services Sin Yat-kin (third left) officiate at the kick-off ceremony of a charity mooncake sale that helps inmates continue their studies. (September 3, 2011)
