President Ma Ying-jeou will preside over a briefing on security and police preparedness in Taichung on Monday, the day when China's top negotiator with Taiwan is scheduled to arrive for the latest round of high-level cross-strait talks, the Presidential Office said Sunday. The president will listen to officials' reports and issue directives regarding public order in the central Taiwan city, where the fourth meeting between Chen Yunlin, president of the Beijing-based Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, and his Taiwan counterpart, Chiang Pin-kung, chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation, will take place, said Paul K. Chang, director- general of the Presidential Office's Department of Public Affairs. Highly concerned about public order in Taichung because of plans by the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to stage protests during Chen's stay there from Dec. 21-25, President Ma will preside in person over the meeting on public order, Chang said. Presidential Office meetings on public order are usually overseen by the deputy secretary of the office, he added. Ranking officials from the National Security Council, the National Police Agency and the Government Information Office are also expected to attend. Chang said the Presidential Office believes Chen and his group are guests and are entitled to safety, comfort and dignity during their visit. 'We should behave ourselves with grace as hosts,' Chang said. According to a ruling Kuomintang heavyweight who spoke on condition of anonymity, Ma presided over a similar security meeting in early November 2008 before Chen Yunlin set foot on Taiwan's soil for the first time. The DPP, however, held massive protests outside the Grand Hotel in Taipei City where Chen and his group stayed. One of the protests, staged outside the Grand Formosa Regent where Chen was having dinner, forced the Chinese diplomat to stay in the hotel until the early hours of the morning. Ma will remind those attending Monday's meeting that if undesirable scenarios occur during Chen's visit in Taichung, law enforcement authorities should handle the situations and respond in real time, according to Chang. 