Acting CS meets Japanese officers

Acting Chief Secretary Cheuk Wing-hing met Japanese Minister of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries Tetsushi Sakamoto and Consul-General of Japan in Hong Kong Kenichi Okada on August 16.

Mr Cheuk highlighted Hong Kong’s advancing from stability to prosperity and expressed the want to promote exchanges and co-operation with Japan on varied fronts.

Regarding Japan’s request for lifting the import ban on its aquatic merchandise, Mr Cheuk responded by expressing considerations over the continuing discharge of nuclear-contaminated water into the ocean in Fukushima, declaring that the spillover impact was unprecedented.

There is presently no assure from the Japanese authorities that their purification and dilution system can function constantly and successfully in the long run, he famous, including that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government and society are extremely involved about safeguarding meals security and public well being in Hong Kong, and should take a prudent method and train strict management.

Mr Cheuk harassed that the Hong Kong SAR Government would carefully monitor the event of the water discharge and hold the corresponding measures underneath evaluation.

Acting Secretary for Environment & Ecology Diane Wong and Under Secretary for Commerce & Economic Development Bernard Chan additionally attended the assembly.