2008-04-29 23:14:19 Xinhua English

Yang Shu'an (front), Executive Vice President of the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee, displays the lantern which holds the Olympic flame at the airport upon the arrival in Hong Kong, south China on April, 30. The Olympic torch relay in Hong Kong will be held on May 2. (Xinhua Photo)

Local pupils cheer for the arrival of the Olympic flame in Hong Kong, south China on April, 30. The Olympic torch relay in Hong Kong will be held on May 2. (Xinhua Photo)

Yang Shu'an (C), Executive Vice President of the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee, displays the lantern which holds the Olympic flame upon the arrival in Hong Kong, south China on April, 30. The Olympic torch relay in Hong Kong will be held on May 2. (Xinhua Photo)

Yang Shu'an (C), Executive Vice President of the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee, displays the lantern which holds the Olympic flame together with Gao Siren (L), Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), and Timothy Fok Tsun-ting, president of the Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, upon the arrival in Hong Kong, south China on April, 30. The Olympic torch relay in Hong Kong will be held on May 2. (Xinhua Photo)
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HONG KONG, April 30 (Xinhua) -- The chartered plane carrying the Beijing Olympic Flame landed at Hong Kong International Airport at 13:59 local time on Wednesday for Friday's torch relay through the city.