HONG KONG, March 15 (Xinhuanet) -- At the invitation of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Tung CheeHwa will attend the closing ceremony of the first session of the Tenth National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing on March 18.

¡¡¡¡"Mr. Tung will depart for Beijing on March 17 and return to Hong Kong on March 19," said a Hong Kong government spokesman on Saturday.

¡¡¡¡Accompanying Tung on the visit will be Director of the Chief Executive's Office W K Lam, Private Secretary to the Chief Executive Robin Ip, and Special Assistant to the Chief Executive Chan Kin-ping.

¡¡¡¡While Tung is away from Hong Kong, Chief Secretary for Administration Donald Tsang will be the Acting Chief Executive, the spokesman said. Enditem

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