January 30 - Week in Review
See the week's main Government news in pictures.
Electrified classifieds: The Labour Department launches the Interactive Employment Service smart-phone application, allowing job seekers to search the department's job-vacancy database anytime, anywhere. (January 31, 2012)
Sectoral celebration: Chief Secretary Stephen Lam speaks at the spring reception for various sectors on Hong Kong Island at the Convention & Exhibition Centre. (January 31, 2012)
Spring has sprung: Chief Executive Donald Tsang (centre) attends a spring reception hosted by the Secretary for Home Affairs Tsang Tak-sing (right) at the Convention & Exhibition Centre. (January 31, 2012)
Budget boon: Financial Secretary John Tsang proposes relief measures worth nearly $80 billion in his 2012-13 Budget speech at the Legislative Council. (February 1, 2012)
Good response: People flock to the Information Services Department counter at Murray Building in Central to collect the 2012-13 Budget. (February 1, 2012)
Blueprint backing: Financial Secretary John Tsang speaks at a press conference on February 1, saying he is confident the $80 billion worth of measures proposed in his 2012-13 Budget will stabilise the economy, safeguard people’s livelihood and invest in the future. (February 1, 2012)
Far-reaching impact: Financial Secretary John Tsang participates in a joint television panel discussion on his 2012-13 Budget, which he says was formulated with Hong Kong’s long-term development in mind. (February 1, 2012)
Digital storage: Secretary for Commerce & Economic Development Gregory So briefs the media on Government measures to convert industrial buildings into data centres. (February 3, 2012)
Great equaliser: Speaking on a radio phone-in show, Financial Secretary John Tsang said the government is extremely concerned about Hong Kong’s grassroots, and education spending will help even the less well-off improve their living standards. (February 3, 2012)
Heritage trail: Secretary for Development Carrie Lam discusses the efforts to make Ho Tung Gardens a monument, on a radio programme. (February 4, 2012)
Good investment: Secretary for Financial Services & the Treasury Prof KC Chan discusses the proposed iBond on a radio programme. (February 4, 2012)
Provincial platform: Chief Executive Donald Tsang speaks at the spring reception hosted by the Guangdong government at the Convention & Exhibition Centre. (February 5, 2012)
They're off: Chief Executive Donald Tsang (centre) starts the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2012 in Tsim Sha Tsui. (February 5, 2012)
