Chief Secretary for Administration Donald Tsang will attend the opening ceremony of the "Pan-Pearl River Delta Provincial Capital City Mayors' Forum" in Guangzhou on Thursday.

Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology Mr John Tsang will speak at the forum, which is jointly organised by the nine PRD provincial capital cities: Fuzhou, Nanchang, Changsha, Guangzhou, Nanning, Haikou, Chengdu, Guiyang and Kunming.

The forum will open on Thursday afternoon, to be followed by the formal session on Friday morning. The mayors will address the forum on how to make full use of the advantages and synergies of these cities, Hong Kong and Macau in promoting co-operation and development of the Pan-PRD region.

HK Gov't to showcase IT at Guangzhou Fair

Mr Tsang will also attend the opening ceremony of the Guangzhou Fair which will be held on Thursday morning.

Government Chief Information Officer Alan Wong's office will take part in a thematic exhibition on electronic government application and exchange to showcase the achievements of the Hong Kong government in e-government and information infrastructure.

Hong Kong Economic & Trade Affairs Director for Guangdong Peter Leung, Deputy Secretary for Constitutional Affairs Grace Lui and a few other related officers will also attend these events.