Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac said yesterday there exists a global consensus that the application of scientific and technological innovation is driving social and economic development.
Leong made the remarks while addressing the opening ceremony of the Cross Straits, Hong Kong and Macau Collaborative Innovation Forum 2017 at the Macau Science Centre in Nape.
Co-organised by the local government and the China Association for Science and Technology, the two-day forum aims to promote innovation in science and technology, as well as the industrial sector, in the four Chinese regions.
Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac addresses the opening ceremony of the Cross Straits, Hong Kong and Macau Collaborative Innovation Forum 2017 held at the Macau Science Centre yesterday, as lawmaker Jose Chui Sai Peng (left), the forum’s director, looks on. Photo: Annie Cheung
