TWO senior Hong Kong officials visiting Beijing to boost cross-border co-operation on aviation matters have apparently gone into hiding after their unpublicised trip was discovered.
The Secretary for Economic Services, Gordon Siu Kwing-chue, changed his hotel as soon as he finished a phone call from an unwelcome Hong Kong journalist yesterday morning.
He is in Beijing to attend the signing ceremony of an agreement between Hong Kong and mainland aviation authorities on the training of air traffic controllers.
Director of Civil Aviation Peter Lok Kung-nam, who will sign the agreement on behalf of the Government, checked out of his hotel late last night.
The trip, planned weeks ago, has been soured by the Sino-British row over the airport project.
Mr Siu dropped earlier plans for the visit after receiving an ''invitation'' from members of the Preliminary Working Committee to brief them on the Airport Corporation Bill.