Chief Secretary Chan Kwok-ki will depart tomorrow for a three-day visit to three Mainland cities of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area - Guangzhou, Huizhou and Shenzhen.

Mr Chan will meet government leaders of Guangdong Province and the bay area cities to discuss issues of mutual concern and strengthen exchanges and co-operation on various fronts.

Among other things, he will attend the signing ceremony of a framework agreement on promoting Guangdong-Hong Kong talent co-operation and co-chair with a Guangdong government leader the inaugural meeting of the co-ordination mechanism on Guangdong-Hong Kong talent co-operation.

Mr Chan will also visit a number of companies and organisations, and meet Hong Kong people and enterprises in the cities.

Secretary for Security Tang Ping-keung, Secretary for Transport & Logistics Lam Sai-hung and Secretary for Labour & Welfare Chris Sun will join the Guangzhou itinerary tomorrow and will return to Hong Kong the same day.

The Chief Secretary will return to Hong Kong on January 10. During his absence, Deputy Chief Secretary Cheuk Wing-hing will be Acting Chief Secretary.