Updated at 6.57pm: Chinese Vice-Premier Wu Bangguo is due to arrive in Hong Kong this Saturday, a Government spokesman announced on Wednesday.
Mr Wu will stay in the territory until December 5, and officiate at the opening ceremony of telecoms conference, ITU Telecom Asia 2000.
''The Chief Executive welcomes the visit of Mr Wu Bangguo,'' the spokesman said. ''We hope to take this opportunity to brief him on developments in Hong Kong since the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.'' Mr Wu is the second senior mainland leader to visit the SAR in the last month. Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) chairman Li Ruihuan came in early November, meeting Tung Chee-hwa, lawmakers, businessmen and community leaders.
