Secretary for Justice Rimsky Yuen will visit Sydney, the Gold Coast, Brisbane and Melbourne in Australia from August 8 to 13.
He will be there to promote Hong Kong as an international legal and dispute resolution services centre in the Asia-Pacific region and update the local community on Hong Kong's latest developments.
Mr Yuen will first visit Sydney, where he will speak at a luncheon organised by the Law Society of New South Wales on the "one country, two systems" policy and the development of common law jurisprudence in Hong Kong.
He will also meet the New South Wales Acting Governor and Supreme Court Chief Justice TF Bathurst, and the New South Wales Attorney General Gabrielle Upton. He will also meet Hong Kong people living there.
While in the Gold Coast, Mr Yuen will visit the Dispute Resolution Centre at Bond University. He will then visit Brisbane, where he will meet the Queensland Attorney-General Yvette D'Ath.
During his stay in Melbourne, Mr Yuen will speak at a gathering organised by the Law Institute of Victoria on the latest developments of dispute resolution services in Hong Kong.
He will also deliver a keynote speech at the Business Awards Gala Dinner organised by the Hong Kong Australia Business Association. He will meet the Victoria Governor Linda Dessau.
During his visit, Mr Yuen will also meet with leaders in legal and dispute resolution services sectors as well as legal scholars.
