Secretary for Development Carrie Lam will visit the UK May 11 to 14 to learn about heritage conservation and urban regeneration work in the country.

Accompanied by the Commissioner for Heritage Jack Chan and Antiquities & Monuments Office Executive Secretary Tom Ming, Mrs Lam will visit Tate Modern in London and Oxford Castle in Oxford to see how these historic buildings and places are preserved and revitalised. They will also tour St Martin-in-the-Fields at Trafalgar Square which has recently undergone a major restoration and renovation programme funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.

They will meet key British institutions involved in heritage conservation work, namely the English Heritage, the National Trust and the Heritage Lottery Fund. To learn how old areas in London have been regenerated and revitalised, Mrs Lam will meet the Covent Garden Area Trust and officials from the Southwark Council.

Mrs Lam will update UK Parliament members, the Hong Kong Association, the Institution of Civil Engineers, London-based Chinese media, and Hong Kong students studying in the UK on Hong Kong's latest developments.

She will also brief clansman associations and leading Chinese businessmen who have settled in the UK on some latest developments in the New Territories.

During her visit Mrs Lam will also pay a courtesy call on the Chinese Ambassador to the UK Fu Ying.