Sun and the delegation will visit Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Zhongshan and attend an exchange seminar hosted by the Department of Civil Affairs of Guangdong Province on the development of the GBA.

The delegation will also visit community and residential care service units and keep abreast of the latest developments of Qianhai in Shenzhen and the GBA.

The delegation will comprise representatives from the Hong Kong Social Welfare Sector Heart to Heart Joint Action, community associations, non-governmental organisations and the Hong Kong Council of Social Service.

Representatives of the Labour and Welfare Bureau, the Elderly Commission, the Rehabilitation Advisory Committee and the Social Welfare Department will also join the visit.

Separately, Secretary for Security Tang Ping-keung will start a four-day visit to Beijing, Guangzhou and Shenzhen on Monday.

Tang will call on the Commission for Political and Legal Affairs of the CPC Central Committee, the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council, the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Justice while in Beijing.

He will depart for Guangzhou on Wednesday and call on the Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department and the Shenzhen Municipal Public Security Bureau the next day.

The heads of the Hong Kong Police Force, the Immigration Department, the Customs and Excise Department, the Correctional Services Department, the Fire Services Department and the Government Flying Service will join the visit.