SEN to visit Guangzhou tomorrow

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     The Secretary for the Environment, Mr Wong Kam-sing, will lead a delegation to Guangzhou tomorrow (December 12) to attend meetings of the Hong Kong-Guangdong Joint Working Group on Environmental Protection and Combating Climate Change (JWGEPCCC) and the Hong Kong-Guangdong Joint Working Group on Cleaner Production (JWGCP).

      In the morning, Mr Wong will co-chair with the Director-General of the Department of Ecology and Environment of Guangdong Province, Mr Lu Xiulu, the first meeting of the JWGEPCCC to review the progress of collaboration between the two sides in 2019 and agree on a work plan for 2020. The JWGEPCCC was formed by the merger of the former Hong Kong-Guangdong Joint Working Group on Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection and the former Hong Kong-Guangdong Joint Liaison Group on Combating Climate Change.

      In the afternoon, Mr Wong will co-chair the sixth meeting of the JWGCP with the Director-General of the Department of Industry and Information Technology of Guangdong Province, Mr Tu Gaokun, to review the work progress of 2019 and discuss the work plan for 2020.

      Mr Wong will return to Hong Kong tomorrow evening.

Ends/Wednesday, December 11, 2019
Issued at HKT 15:00

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