Hong Kong's Secretary for Financial Services & the Treasury Frederick Ma will visit New York and Toronto from April 19 to promote Hong Kong as an international financial center and gateway to Chinese mainland, a government press release said Wednesday.

He will meet senior officials and the financial services and business sectors. He will also speak at a luncheon and at business forums.

Ma's program in New York includes an address on opportunities in China, and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson will also be a keynote speaker.

In Toronto, Ma will meet the Federal and Ontario Ministers of Finance Jim Flaherty and Greg Sorbara.

He will attend the Canada-Hong Kong Business Forum, and visit the Toronto Stock Exchange to open the stock market.

Source: Xinhua