Hong Kong's secretary for education, Michael Suen, is looking for Japanese students to study in the city.

"I am confident that our education reforms, open-door policies for overseas students and the modern city lifestyle of Hong Kong will continue to attract talented young people to our city," Suen said at a seminar last week in a Tokyo hotel. "We certainly welcome more students from Japan."

Suen led an education delegation of presidents, vice presidents and other university officials to Japan to showcase Hong Kong as a regional education hub. The delegation's members also called for closer collaboration in education between Hong Kong and Japan.