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EVENT

Diplomatic Knowledge Contest

2nd Hong Kong Cup Diplomatic Knowledge Contest – Beijing Tour for Winners

2008.08.13 - 2008.08.16

The five teams who had won in the Second Hong Kong Cup Diplomatic Knowledge Contest visited Beijing from August 13 to 16. As representative of one of the three co-organizers of the Contest, Miss Karen Tang, Executive Director of the Foundation, joined the trip. During their stay in Beijing, the delegation visited the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the PRC and was received by Mr. Yang Jiechi, the Minister of Foreign Affairs; Mr. Qin Gang, the Spokesman; Mr. Song Ru’an, Counselor of Department of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Affairs of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of PRC; and Mr. Huang Songfu, Deputy General Director of Department of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan Affairs of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of PRC. Mr. Yang Jiechi praised the teams’ outstanding performance and congratulated them on their success. Also the delegation was arranged to watch Olympic Games, including beach volleyball and hockey.

The delegation stayed in the China Foreign Affairs University and was briefed by Mr. Heng Xiaojun, Professor and Deputy Secretary of CPC Committee of China Foreign Affairs University, the history and programs of the University. In response to a student’s question on the qualification of admission to the University, Mr. Heng Xiaojun answered that students from HK could take an exam for HK and Macau students and in fact there were students from HK studying in the University and the first Macau student had just been admitted this year.

The delegation was grateful to the hospitality of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the University, and was thrilled by the Olympic Games ambience in Beijing.


The Study Tour visited the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and took the photo with Mr Huang Songfu, Deputy Director-General of the Department of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Affairs (5th from right), Ms Karen Tang, Executive Director of the Better Hong Kong Foundation (6th from right), Mr Yang Jiechi, Minister of Foreign Affairs (7th from right), Mr Benjamin Yung, Principal Education Officer of Education Bureau (8th from right), Mr Deng Zhonghua, Director-General of the Department of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Affairs (9th from right) and Mr Song Ronghua, Spokesman of the Commissioner’s Office of China’s Foreign Ministry in the Hong Kong SAR


Ms Karen Tang, Executive Director of the Better Hong Kong Foundation presented the souvenir to Mr Yang Jiechi, Minister of Foreign Affairs


Enjoyed the Olympic beach volleyball games


Mr Lu Xinhua, Commissioner of the Commissioner’s Office of China’s Foreign Ministry in the Hong Kong SAR gave his warmest congratulations to the students when they returned to Hong Kong