Hong Kong authorities will seek more information from Tokyo and Beijing to look into the possibility of easing restrictions on seafood imports from 10 Japanese prefectures, following the central government’s decision to “gradually” lift its own sweeping ban.
“The Environment and Ecology Bureau will seek more relevant information from the authorities on the mainland and Japan, and on the premise of ensuring food safety, will evaluate whether we can gradually relax the currently adopted preventive measures based on scientific evidence,” the government said on Friday.
The rare agreement followed “rounds of talks” between the two countries.
The Hong Kong government said it remained concerned about the time span of the discharge – projected to last 30 years and involve more than 1.3 million tonnes of waste water.
