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OO RUEHCN RUEHGH RUEHVC
DE RUEHHK #2061 3150927
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 100927Z NOV 08
FM AMCONSUL HONG KONG
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6210
INFO RUEHOO/CHINA POSTS COLLECTIVE

UNCLAS HONG KONG 002061 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR S/ES-CR, S/ES-O, EP/CM 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV HK
SUBJECT: MACAU SARG LETTER OF CONGRATULATIONS TO 
PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA 
 
REF: STATE 118192 
 
¶1. (U.) Below is the text of a letter of congratulations to 
President-elect Obama from Macau Special Administration 
Region Chief Executive Ho Hau Wah (Edmund Ho).  We will 
forward the original, and fax a copy, to EAP/CM. 
 
¶2.  Begin Text, 
 
The Honourable Barack Obama 
President-elect of the United States of America 
 
Your Excellency, 
 
     On behalf of the Government of the Macao Special 
Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, I 
wish to extend our warmest congratulations on your assumption 
as the President-elect of the United States of America. 
 
     I am confident that your country will make greater 
progress under your leadership.  I would also like to take 
this opportunity to wish you all the best in the years ahead 
as well as good achievements in you new post. 
 
     May the friendly relations and cooperation between the 
Macao Special Administrative Region and the United States of 
America develop continuously. 
 
     Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurances of my 
highest consideration. 
 
//signed// 
 
Ho Hau Wah 
Chief Executive 
Macao Special Administrative Region 
 
End text. 
DONOVAN