Secretary for Security Tang Ping-keung arrived in Macau today to start his two-day visit to the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and called on public security units there.

On arrival, Mr Tang called on Chief Executive of the Macau Special Administrative Region Ho Iat-seng to exchange views and share experiences on issues such as safeguarding national security, boundary control point infrastructure, facilitation of the flow of people between the two sides and integration into the country's overall development through in-depth development of the Greater Bay Area with Macau.

Highlighting the close ties between Hong Kong and Macau, Mr Tang said the law enforcement agencies of the two places will continue to maintain close contact and strengthen co-operation in various aspects to maintain their prosperity and stability.

He called on Macau's Secretary for Security Wong Sio-chak in the afternoon. At the meeting, he introduced the new Greater Bay Area Emergency Response Operational Plan formulated by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government to establish a more comprehensive, pragmatic and systematic emergency response mechanism to further enhance the capability of the bay area cities in handling incidents together.

Mr Tang paid a visit to various units including Macau's Unitary Police Service, Public Security Police Force and Judiciary Police as well as viewed the Civil Protection Operations Centre.

The security chief said he hoped to enhance collaboration with Macau through the visit in various fields including deepening co-operation between the two places on combatting cross-boundary crimes and emergency management, thereby injecting new impetus into the co-ordinated development of the two places.