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The following is issued on behalf of the Legislative Council Secretariat:
The Legislative Council (LegCo) Panel on Food Safety and Environmental Hygiene departed for Tokyo, Japan today (September 25) to begin its six-day duty visit in response to an invitation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.
The purpose of the visit is to enable members to better understand the up-to-date situation in Japan following its earthquake in March this year. During the visit, the delegation will study, among others, the food safety measures taken by the relevant authorities in Japan in response to the Daiichi nuclear power plant incident, the surveillance and testing of food in particular on the radiation levels for export from Japan, as well as the impact of the Daiichi nuclear power plant incident on food exporters in Japan.
During its stay in Japan, the delegation will visit Tokyo, Kumamoto and Miyazaki. The delegation will meet with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan; the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; the Food Safety Commission; and the Kumamoto Prefectural Government officials. The delegation will also visit the National Diet of Japan; the Wholesale Market Sanitation Inspection Station at Tsukiji; the Inspection Station for Agricultural Product Exports in Kumamoto; and the Safety Inspection Station for Beef in Miyazaki.
The itinerary of the visit is as follows:
September 25, 2011 (Sunday)
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Evening Arrive in Tokyo
September 26, 2011 (Monday)
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10.20am Briefing by the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs
11.20am Meeting with Mr Joe Nakano,
Parliamentary Vice-Minister
for Foreign Affairs
Afternoon Meeting with the representatives
of the Ministry of Health, Labour
and Welfare
3pm Visit the National Diet of Japan
September 27, 2011 (Tuesday)
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8.30am Visit the Tsukiji Market
9am Visit the Wholesale Market Sanitation
Inspection Station (Tsukiji)
10.45am Meeting with the representatives of
the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry
and Fisheries
1.45pm Meeting with the representatives of
the Food Safety Commission of
the Cabinet Office
Late afternoon Depart for Kumamoto
September 28, 2011 (Wednesday)
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10am Meeting with the Kumamoto Prefectural
Government officials
1.30pm Visit the Inspection Station for
Agricultural Product Exports
Late afternoon Depart for Miyazaki
September 29, 2011 (Thursday)
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Morning Visit to the Safety Inspection
Station for Beef
Afternoon Visit a Cattle Farm in Miyazaki
Late afternoon Depart for Fukuoka
September 30, 2011 (Friday)
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Morning Depart for Hong Kong
The delegation comprises three members: Hon Tommy Cheung Yu-yan, Chairman of the Panel on Food Safety and Environmental Hygiene; Hon Fred Li Wah-ming and Hon Wong Yuk-man, members of the Panel.
Ends/Sunday, September 25, 2011
Issued at HKT 15:01
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