Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn will depart for Guangzhou tomorrow afternoon to attend the Mainland & Hong Kong Construction Forum 2024 due to be held the next morning.

Upon arrival in Guangzhou, Ms Linn will meet representatives of the major organisers.

The forum themed “Deepening the Collaboration of the Construction Industry in the Mainland & Hong Kong, Building a High Quality Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Taking Forward the Belt & Road Initiative Together”, is jointly organised by the Centre of Science & Technology Industrial Development of the Ministry of Housing & Urban-Rural Development (MOHURD), Guangdong Province’s Department of Housing & Urban-Rural Development and the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, under the steer of the MOHURD, the People's Government of Guangdong Province and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government’s Development Bureau.

Ms Linn will return to Hong Kong on Tuesday afternoon. During her absence, Under Secretary for Development David Lam will be Acting Secretary.