The Secretary for Transport and Housing, Professor Anthony Cheung Bing-leung, will depart Hong Kong for Serbia and Malta in Europe in the early hours of next Tuesday (October 4) to sign two air services agreements on behalf of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. He will also have courtesy meetings with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Construction, Transport and Infrastructure of Serbia, Professor Zorana Mihajlović, and the Minister for Transport and Infrastructure of Malta, Mr Joe Mizzi.  
 
     Professor Cheung will return to Hong Kong in the early morning on October 7. During his absence, the Under Secretary for Transport and Housing, Mr Yau Shing-mu, will be the Acting Secretary for Transport and Housing.

Ends/Friday, September 30, 2016
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