The Secretary for Environment and Ecology, Mr Tse Chin-wan, will depart for Guangzhou this afternoon (June 3) to attend the National Event on the Environment Day 2026 to be held on June 5. 

     The United Nations has designated June 5 as World Environment Day. In recent years, authorities including the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) and the Central Office of Spiritual Civilization Construction have joined local governments to organise regularly the National Event on the Environment Day, which showcases achievements in promoting the development of a Beautiful China across the country and to mobilise people from all walks of life to participate in the promotion of an ecological civilisation. Under the guidance of the MEE, the event this year will be jointly organised by Guangdong Province, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), and the Macao SAR under the theme "Comprehensive Green Transition and Jointly Build a Beautiful China" to actively integrate into the National 15th Five-Year Plan.

     The Director of Environmental Protection, Dr Samuel Chui, will also attend the event.     
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     Mr Tse will return to Hong Kong in the afternoon on June 5. During his absence, the Under Secretary for Environment and Ecology, Miss Diane Wong, will be the Acting Secretary for Environment and Ecology. 

Ends/Wednesday, June 3, 2026
Issued at HKT 12:00

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