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Hong Kong's chief executive to visit Israel, Britain

Xinhua, October 7, 2015 Adjust font size:

Hong Kong's Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying will depart for Israel on Monday for a visit, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government news website said here on Wednesday.

Industry leaders and academics from Hong Kong will join the visit to Israel, following which Leung will visit Britain.

On Tuesday, Leung will tour Jerusalem and call on Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He will also visit technology enterprises and the technology transfer company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Leung will also meet members of the parliament of Israel and members of the Israel-Asia Chamber of Commerce.

Leung will tour Tel Aviv on next Wednesday to visit local innovation and technology enterprises, the Weizmann Institute of Science, Tel Aviv University and the desalination plant in Sorek.

He will depart Israel for London on Thursday, where he will witness the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on health co- operation between Hong Kong and Britain. Endi