After the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government has suspended the policy of levy, Xie Zhanhuan, director of the Hong Kong Environment and Ecological Bureau, explained that this is based on the decision of public conditions and does not abandon the garbage charging policy.He also shows that charges are "not the only option."
According to the Hong Kong Sing Tao Daily, the Hong Kong Government announced on Monday (May 27) that it had suspended the implementation of garbage charging policies, but did not propose a clear timetable.
In this regard, Xie Zhanhuan explained on the radio program on Tuesday (May 28) that about 70 % to 80 % of the people in Hong Kong society is not in favor of the implementation of garbage charging policies on August 1, and the Hong Kong government is in the Hong Kong government in the Hong Kong government.Many problems were found during the "first trial" stage, such as the workload and pressure of front -line cleaning workers, and inconvenient design of designated bags. It shows that policy and laws need to be optimized before they decided to suspend the entire plan, not abandoning the implementation.
He said that garbage charges are not just simple hardware issues, but also involve the issue of public sentiment.The garbage charges must be well implemented, and they must meet the two major conditions. One is to be suitable for the people's conditions, and the other is that the system design must facilitate the citizens.
He believes that the current Hong Kong government is not suitable for setting the schedule. After the publicity, education, and evaluating the people's conditions, it will be more practical to resend the timetable.He said that in fact, after the garbage charging policy first tried it, the entire society's recognition and support for waste reduction and recycling increased, which was a good atmosphere.
When the host questioned the future policy of the Hong Kong Government's review, whether it was a garbage charging, Xie Zhanhuan stated that "does not rule out", and the fee is indeed "not the only option". In different cases, there are different needs to be different.Practice, but the government did not give up the principle of self -payment of the pollutants, but there are many different ways to implement this principle.
The draft waste of waste levy regulations was approved in the Legislative Council in August 2021. It was originally scheduled to be implemented at the end of last year.The Hong Kong government decided to be extended until April 1 this year, and then delayed to August 1.
According to the online media "Hong Kong 01" report, the Hong Kong Democratic Party has criticized the Hong Kong government's thoughts on their thoughts, and did not conduct in -depth research on the specific operating details of the fees., Waste nearly 180 million yuan (Hong Kong dollars, S $ 31 million), and relevant officials should be held accountable.
