University heads have invited Secretary for Education Eddie Ng to visit the United States and Belgium to exchange views with overseas funding and research agencies in the higher education sector.
Upon arrival in Washington, DC, Mr Ng will visit the National Science Foundation and the Association of Governing Boards of Universities & Colleges. He will also call on the Arlington County Advisory Committee on Higher Education.
Mr Ng will also address the World Assembly & International Conference of the World Organisation for Early Childhood Education during his stay in the US capital. He will also meet with academics and members of the Hong Kong community there.
Mr Ng will then fly to Belgium, to meet with senior officials of the European Research Council in Brussels on July 30.
He will return to Hong Kong on August 1.