(By Chinese Embassy in Dominican)

 

2007/01/18 

 

On January 11th, 2007, the Castle Bruce Constituency of the Commonwealth of Dominica welcomed a visit by a distinguished guest from afar, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Peoples' Republic of China to the Commonwealth of Dominica H.E. Deng Boqing. Ambassador Deng was accompanied by Minister in the Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Private Sector Relations of Dominica, Parliamentary Representative of the Castle Bruce Constituency, Hon. Loreen Bannis- Roberts.

 

During the day, H.E. Ambassador Deng Boqing paid his visits to Castle Bruce Primary School, San Sauveur Primary School and Castle Bruce Secondary School respectively and was warmly received by the teachers and students of those schools. The students paid tribute to the guest by singing songs written and composed by themselves. Hon. Loreen Bannis-Roberts extended her sincere thanks to the Chinese Ambassador for the visit to the students in the Constituency and China's contribution to the Constituency in the past three years.

 

H.E. Ambassador Deng Boqing briefed the students on the history, geography, politics, economy, education, culture as well as the latest developments of China. He was pleased to notice that Dominica's economic and social development is gaining momentum in recent years under the leadership of the youngest Prime Minister in the world, Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit. He encouraged the students to study hard, and make contribution to the development of Dominica and the bilateral relations between China and Dominica. Ambassador Deng also thanked Loreen Bannis-Roberts for her kind invitation.

 

In the afternoon, H.E. Deng Boqing and Hon. Loreen Bannis-Roberts held talks with members of various groups of the Community and discussed issues of common concern.