Tse Chin-wan | |
|---|---|
謝展寰 | |
.jpg.webp) Tse in 2023 | |
| Secretary for Environment and Ecology | |
| Assumed office 1 July 2022 | |
| Chief Executive | John Lee |
| Preceded by | Wong Kam-sing (as Secretary for the Environment) |
| Under Secretary for Environment | |
| In office 2 August 2017 – 30 June 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Christine Loh |
| Succeeded by | Diane Wong (as Under Secretary for Environment and Ecology) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 October 1957 Hong Kong |
| Nationality | Chinese (Hong Kong) |
Tse Chin-wan BBS JP (Chinese: 謝展寰, born 15 October 1957) is a Hong Kong government official, current the Secretary for Environment and Ecology.
Tse studied at the Tsuen Wan Government Secondary School during the 1970s, and joined the government in June 1985 as an officer in the Environmental Protection Agency (now the Environmental Protection Department). He was promoted to assistant director of the department in 1996 and deputy director in 2013.[1] In 2017, he was appointed Under Secretary for Environment, and the newly created Secretary for Environment and Ecology in 2022.[2]
Fukushima ban
Tse has caused a diplomatic row after he announced in July 2023 the ban on seafood imports from 10 Japanese prefectures over the release of radioactive waste water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea.[3] Hirokazu Matsuno, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary, said Hong Kong's import ban, which followed Chinese decisions, was "extremely regrettable".
According to a Nikkei report, Naoto Nakahara, deputy consul general of Japan in Hong Kong, said the Hong Kong authorities are "trying to win brownie points from Beijing", and the consulate had "shifted gears" to rebut the Hong Kong government's narrative in a bid to "protect the interests of those selling Japanese food products in Hong Kong".[4] Tse, in response, said the measures were devised according to the city's own assessment.[5]
References
- ↑ "GovHK: Mr Tse Chin-wan, BBS, JP, Secretary for Environment and Ecology". www.gov.hk. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
- ↑ Lee, Peter (19 June 2022). "John Lee's cabinet: Security law head chosen as Hong Kong's no.2, 'Covid zero' advocate to become health chief". Hong Kong Free Press. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
- ↑ "Hong Kong to ban seafood from 10 Japanese prefectures if waste water released". South China Morning Post. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
- ↑ "Hong Kong becomes China's 'wolf warrior' in Fukushima water fight". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
- ↑ "Hong Kong's ban on Japanese seafood imports: an overreaction or science-based move?". South China Morning Post. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.