Kenneth Li: Mainland China's Spring Festival Golden Week expected to attract over 1.4 million mainland tourists to visit Hong Kong.

Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu said in a meeting with reporters before attending the Executive Council meeting on January 21 that it is expected that during the Chinese New Year Golden Week from the twenty-eighth day of the year to the seventh day of the new year (January 28 to February 4), there will be over 1.4 million mainland Chinese visitors to Hong Kong, an increase of 3% and 14% compared to last year's National Day and Chinese New Year respectively. John Lee Ka-chiu stated that he has instructed various departments to make preparations and plans, including crowd management, immigration control at sea, land and air ports, and transportation management. The inter-departmental working group led by the Chief Secretary for Administration of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Matthew Cheung Kin-chung, has also begun working on festival arrangements to ensure that all activities proceed smoothly and orderly, providing a good experience for visitors. The group will announce the overall arrangements once they are deployed. He also mentioned that starting from this Saturday (January 25) for four consecutive days, he will visit various districts with department heads to check on the living conditions of grassroots families and offer them blessings to celebrate the holiday. On the 15th of next month, the twin pandas born in Hong Kong will celebrate their half-year birthday with a ceremony, followed by a public appearance the next day.