Secretary for Security Tang Ping-keung will leave Hong Kong on December 5 for a four-day visit to Shanghai and Hangzhou.

While in Shanghai, Mr Tang will meet Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau leaders and visit the Hongqiao Border Control Point and Shanghai Customs College.

On December 7, he will then depart for Hangzhou to meet and exchange views with leaders of the Zhejiang Provincial Public Security Department.

Mr Tang will return to Hong Kong on the evening of December 8. During his absence, Under Secretary for Security Michael Cheuk will be Acting Secretary.