Secretary for Security Ambrose Lee will leave for Beijing this afternoon for his first duty visit since taking up his post in early August.

He will meet with his counterparts in Beijing and call on the Hong Kong & Macau Affairs Office, the Ministry of Public Security and the Supreme People's Procuratorate.

Mr Lee will also visit the Public Security Bureau and Guangdong Customs Administration on September 20.

Accompanying him on the visit will be the Deputy Secretary for Security, Mr Michael Wong. Mr Lee will return to Hong Kong on September 21.