HONG KONG, July 31 (Xinhua) — Hong Kong Financial Secretary John C Tsang will leave for Australia Tuesday night to attend the 14th Finance Ministers’ Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) in Coolum, Australia, according to Hong Kong government Tuesday.

    During the two-day meeting, Tsang will exchange views with finance ministers of other member economies on issues about the policy themes of this year, which are “Making private capital markets work better” and “Transparency and sustainability of the public balance sheet”. He will also hold bilateral meetings with his ministerial counterparts.

    After the APEC meeting, Tsang will fly to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to meet senior government finance officials and have discussions with major banks and financial investment entities on global and regional financial development.