Hong Kong people love Japanese cuisine. The Japanese restaurants in all regions in Hong Kong stand up. Whether it is sushi, roasted meat, skewers, or high -end cutting dishes, there are countless.
I have a friend who opened a Japanese restaurant with sashimi as a sashimi in Tsim Sha Tsui a few years ago. The business has always been good.But when I met a few days ago, I saw him frowning and worried that the business would shrink.
It turned out that the Japanese government announced earlier that this summer has begun to generate more than 1 million tons of nuclear waste water into the sea this summer, causing many Hong Kong Japanese -style restaurants to worry.According to friends, the owner of many restaurants will affect the confidence of diners when Japan is worried that Japan will be excluded into the sea. It is considering finding seafood a little farther from Japan to replace Japanese ingredients.But in this way, the price of food will be greatly improved, and the restaurant will face huge operating difficulties at that time.
My friend's concerns are not worrying.Since Japan has stated that after the treatment of more than one million tons of Fukushima's nuclear disasters this year, it has been lined up into the sea, and in recent months, it has caused great response in neighboring countries and regions, questioning that nuclear sewage will affect the North Pacific.
Taking South Korea as an example, the Korean National Daily quoted a survey earlier this month that more than 80 % of South Korean nationals oppose Japan's proposal to promote the Fukushima nuclear pollution water discharge plan.More than 70 % of people say that if Japan discharge nuclear sewage to the ocean, it will reduce the consumption of aquatic products in the future.
For a long time, the average seafood consumption of Hong Kong people has been ranked at the forefront of Asia, and it is especially popular with Japanese food.According to data from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Forestry and Aquatic Products, Hong Kong has been one of the largest export markets for Japanese agricultural and forestry products for many years.It is second only to mainland China.
Japan is about to start discharge nuclear sewage this summer, which has also attracted great attention from the Hong Kong government.The Environment and Ecology Bureau responded to the Legislative Council members at the end of May that the official reflected the concerns of all sectors of Hong Kong in addition to the official office of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong.Group, evaluating the impact of the discharge plan on food safety, it is expected that Hong Kong will tighten the entry control of aquatic products from relevant counties in Japan for a period of time.
The control measures disclosed by the Hong Kong Government, including the aquatic products in certain counties that are paid by Japan after the discharge of Japan, must be suspended, or the radiation certificate and exporter certificate must be provided.The guidelines of the Food Code and suitable for people are suitable for people to eat, otherwise it is not allowed to enter Hong Kong.
For Japan, Hong Kong is important for the survival and development of Japanese food, especially the aquatic industry market.For example, Food Life Companies (FLC), the parent company of Sushi Sushi Sushi Sushi Sushi, announced that in February this year, the quarterly performance as of the end of December last year showed that Hong Kong's business revenue increased by 50%year -on -year.The market with the largest profit contribution.FLC is planning to open six restaurants in Hong Kong in the first nine months of this year.
In other words, if Hong Kong restricts or even prohibits the import of food in some parts of Japan or even larger, it is undoubtedly a disaster for related industries in Japan.Therefore, when the Hong Kong Government opened the wind a few months ago, after intending to strengthen the control of Japanese imported food, the Japanese government was very nervous and immediately took a response action.
In mid -March this year, the Japanese Consulate General in Hong Kong held a special media conference. Rarely invited Japanese government officials and Tokyo Electric Power staff to attend to explain that although Fukushima Prefecture would discharge nuclear waste water, seafood and crops are rightThe human body is harmless.Japanese officials also called on the Hong Kong government to "listen to the facts of science" and do not implement plans to tighten imported Japanese food.
By the end of March, the Japanese Trade Revitalization Institution (Hong Kong) invited some Hong Kong tourist food media people to the official residence of Kenichi Okada, the Consul General in Hong Kong to attend the "Japan Night" on the title of sightseeing and diet to taste the official residence of the official residence.A variety of foods made by chefs for fresh Japanese ingredients.
According to the reporter attended, I disclosed that Okada also mentioned the Fukushima nuclear sewage problem during the event. It repeatedly emphasized that the Japanese government will not be discharged after obtaining the security certification of an international recognition agency.Food cloud.
However, there is still no authoritative scientific data to support Japanese nuclear sewage discharge into the sea. It will not have a negative impact.Although Hong Kong people admire Japanese culture in clothing, food, housing, and transportation, the Hong Kong government is likely to take corresponding movements in order to ensure the food safety of Hong Kong people.A series of public relations activities of the Japanese government in Hong Kong may not be able to change the decision of the Hong Kong government.
Of course, if Hong Kong restricts the import of Japanese food, the Japanese government is not unable to deal with it.At present, Hong Kong is seeking to join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP).According to the rules, Hong Kong's joining RCEP must get unanimous consent of all member states. As one of the 15 RCEP member states, Japan does not rule out that it will bargain with Hong Kong.But anyway, Fukushima emission nuclear sewage will affect Hong Kong -Japan relations in the short term, which is certain.
