The Chief Executive, Mrs Carrie Lam, will depart for Tokyo, Japan, on April 7 to attend the Symposium on the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area jointly organised by the governments of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao on April 9. The Governor of Guangdong Province, Mr Ma Xingrui, and the Secretary for Administration and Justice of the Macao Special Administrative Region Government, Ms Sonia Chan, will also attend the symposium.
 
     While in Japan, Mrs Lam will meet with the Prime Minister of Japan, Mr Shinzo Abe, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Taro Kono. She will also meet with leaders of the business sector as well as organisations and institutions in relation to innovation and technology (I&T), and visit I&T, elderly care and medical facilities.
 
     Mrs Lam will return to Hong Kong on April 9 afternoon. During her absence, the Chief Secretary for Administration, Mr Matthew Cheung Kin-chung, will be the Acting Chief Executive.

Ends/Monday, April 1, 2019
Issued at HKT 19:30

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