23 Aug 2023獨媒#8243
水產禁令明生效 外媒質疑廣東核電廠氚排放量更高 政府：本質很不同
The Japanese government announced that its nuclear wastewater discharge plan would begin tomorrow. The Hong Kong Government gazetted a ban on imports of aquatic products from 10 Japanese prefectures. Importers, distributors, online shopping platforms and purchasing-agent platforms that violate the ban face a maximum fine of HK$100,000 and 12 months’ imprisonment. A reporter asked whether this amounted to a double standard, noting that all nuclear power plants worldwide discharge wastewater containing tritium and that the tritium content discharged by nuclear power plants in Guangdong was higher than the standard for the Fukushima discharge plan. Several government representatives denied this, saying routine discharges were different from the Fukushima situation because, in addition to tritium, the Fukushima nuclear power plant’s fuel rods melted during the accident and the wastewater contains other radioactive substances. When asked whether wastewater discharged by nuclear power plants in Guangdong was safe for Hong Kong people, the Government gave no further response, saying it had already provided an explanation.
日本政府宣布明日起開始核廢水排放計劃，政府刊憲禁止日本10都縣水產品進口香港，違反禁令的入口商、分銷商、網購和代購平台最高罰款10萬元及監禁12個月。有記者問，全世界的核電廠都會排放含氚的污水，例如廣東的核電廠排放氚含量比福島排劃計劃的標準更高，質疑港府禁日水產是雙重標準。多名政府代表否認，指正常排放與福島情況不同，因為除了氚，福島核電廠燃料棒在事故中熔化，污水含有其他輻身物。有記者再問廣東核電廠排放的污水是否對港人安全，政府沒有進一步回應，稱已作解釋。
23 Aug 2023獨媒#8244
謝展寰強調進口日本食品安全 「我無停過，食開都繼續食」
The Japanese government has announced that its nuclear wastewater discharge plan will begin tomorrow. The government will hold an interdepartmental press conference at 4:30 p.m. today to announce measures banning imports of aquatic products from 10 Japanese prefectures into Hong Kong. Environment and Ecology Secretary Tse Chin-wan said on a radio programme this morning that the measures would regulate only import activities, and that residents bringing small quantities of “souvenirs” back to Hong Kong would not be subject to regulation. He nevertheless warned that aquatic products posed radiation risks. Tse also acknowledged that “all this effort” was intended to safeguard food safety. He said he had continued eating Japanese food all along: “I’ve never stopped. Of course, I don’t eat it every day, but I’ll keep eating it,” and that the nuclear wastewater discharge incident would not affect this.
日本政府宣布明日起開始核廢水排放計劃，政府今日下午4點半將舉行跨部門記者會，公布禁止日本10都縣水產品進口香港的措施。環境及生態局長謝展寰今早在電台節目表示，措施只管制進口活動，市民帶少量「手信」返港，不會受規管，不過他提醒水產品存在輻射風險。謝展寰又坦言「搞咁多功夫」都是保障食物安全，他表示自己一直都有食日本食品，「我無停過啊，當然唔係日日食，但食開都繼續食」，不會因為排放核廢水事件受影響。
22 Aug 2023獨媒#8230
謝展寰：周四起禁日本10都縣水產 暫無放寬期限
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced that the plan to discharge nuclear wastewater would begin the day after tomorrow (24th). Chief Executive John Lee expressed “strong opposition” only in a social media post, while Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan told reporters in the afternoon that a ban on imports of aquatic products from 10 Japanese prefectures would be gazetted tomorrow, with details of its implementation to be announced. Asked whether the ban would need to remain in place for “more than a decade or two” given that Japan’s discharge plan would last 30 years, Tse said the discharge of nuclear wastewater was “unprecedented”. He said the government would consider easing the ban only if Japanese data gave it “confidence”, and that there was currently no timetable for doing so.
日本首相岸田文雄宣布後日（24日）起，將開始啟動排放核廢水計劃。特首李家超只在社交媒體帖文表達「強烈反對」，而環境及生態局長謝展寰下午見記者，預告禁止10個都縣水產品進口的措施，將會明天刊憲，具體操作有待公布。日本排廢水計劃長達30年，被問港府禁令有否需要實施「十幾廿年」，謝展寰指排核廢水「前所未有」，如日方的數據令港府感到「有信心」，才會考慮放寬，但現階沒有放寬時間表。
14 Jul 2023獨媒#7987
歐盟：基於科學取消對日食品限制 港府：一旦排放核廢水即禁十縣水產
Japan could discharge contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station as early as next month. The Hong Kong government’s “countermeasures” are ready: the Centre for Food Safety of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department updated its website, stating that seafood imports from 10 prefectures—Tokyo, Fukushima, Chiba, Tochigi, Ibaraki, Gunma, Miyagi, Niigata, Nagano and Saitama—would be banned if Japan discharges “nuclear wastewater”. Meanwhile, the European Union announced the lifting of food import restrictions on the 10 prefectures, saying the decision was based on scientific grounds and the International Atomic Energy Agency’s assessment.
日本最快下月排放福島第一核電站核污水，港府的「反制」如箭在弦，食環署食安中心更新網頁，指一旦日本排放「核廢水」就會禁止源自「東京、福島、千葉、栃木、茨城、群馬、宮城、新潟、長野和埼玉」共10個縣的水產品進口。不過與此同時，歐盟宣布撤銷10個縣的食品進口限制，其聲明表示決定是基於科學以及國際原子能機構的評估。
13 Jul 2023明報#7983
港擬禁日10都縣水產 日本駐港總領事館稱極度遺憾 強烈要求港府基於科學勿收緊
The SAR government said yesterday that, once Japan begins discharging nuclear wastewater, it will immediately ban imports of aquatic products from Tokyo, Fukushima, Chiba, Tochigi, Ibaraki, Gunma, Miyagi, Niigata, Nagano and Saitama. The Consulate-General of Japan in Hong Kong said the decision was “extremely regrettable” and that the Japanese government would continue communicating with the SAR government.
特區政府昨指，一旦日本啓動排放核廢水，會即時禁止東京、福島、千葉、栃木、茨城、群馬、宮城、新潟、長野及埼玉10個都縣的水產品進口。日本駐香港總領事館回應指，對港府決定表示極度遺憾（extremely regrettable），並指日本政府會持續與特區政府溝通。
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