Rustam Minnikhanov visits Hong Kong Science and Technology Park
17 April 2014, Thursday
On April 17 opportunities and prospects of Hong Kong Science and Technology Park were presented to Tatarstan delegation led by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov. Vice-President of Hong Kong Science and Technology Park Mr Ben Lui answered questions of Tatarstan delegation.
Hong Kong Science and Technology Park was founded in 2001. The Technology Park is located on the area of 22 hectares that includes business infrastructure, 330, 000 m ² of premises meant for research work, and 26 high technology buildings. The third construction stage is to be finished in 2016.
Among residents of Technology Park are companies working in the sphere of biotechnologies, electronics, green technologies, IT and communication, and precision engineering. Offices, laboratories and exhibition premises are provided on an hourly basis and for the period of project implementation. The area of 400 -1200 m ² is offered for small and medium-size companies. Sales points, food courts, bars and a club for residents and guests are located on the territory of Technology Park.
Tatarstan President's Press Office, Elena Britvina
On 9 May Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in a ceremony of laying flowers to the monument “The victorious soldier” dedicated to the celebrations of the Day of Victory in the Great Patriotic War (WW II) 1941-1945 and held at Arsk cemetery in Kazan.
On 8 May, speaking at a meeting held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, the Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector of the republic Marat Ayzatullin reported that capital overhaul of social facilities is in full swing in the republic with 170 educational facilities having been included into regional and federal programmes.
On 4 May at a briefing held in the Tatarstan Government House it was told that currently there are 92 combat veterans, the last witnesses of the Great Patriotic War (WW II) of 1941-1945, living in the republic. The briefing also informed about veterans’ support measures and how the republic is planning to celebrate the Victory Day on 9 May.
The Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Leyla Fazleeva told that names of 353 Heroes of the Soviet Union from Tatarstan “ are immortalized in street names, on memorials, in monuments and squares and, of course, in our memory”. “The Victory Day is the day of memory, mourning and joy. It is the event which today should be clearly understandable to all young people and younger generation of Tatarstan,” she said.
On 24 April, upon his arrival to the Kazan International Airport, the Defense Minister of China Dong Jun was welcomed by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, representatives of the General Consulate of China in Kazan and other officials
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