Financial Secretary Paul Chan will depart for Tbilisi, Georgia to attend the 57th annual meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on May 2, before returning to Hong Kong on May 6.

Mr Chan will meet ADB President Masatsugu Asakawa and other senior bank officials, as well as financial officials from other countries and regions attending the meeting.

During his absence, Deputy Financial Secretary Michael Wong will be Acting Secretary.