Secretary for Environment and Ecology will Attend National Event on the Environment Day 2026 in Guangzhou on June 5

SEE to visit Guangzhou

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 organiseregularly 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.

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.

The Secretary for Environment and Ecology, Mr Tse Chin-wan, Photo source: reference image

Fatal traffic accident in Castle Peak

Police are investigating a fatal traffic accident happened in Castle Peak today (June 5), in which a man died.

Police received a report at 5.52pm today that a light goods vehicle (LGV) driven by a 34-year-old man was travelling along Lung Mun Road towards Tuen Mun town, while a heavy goods vehicle driven by a 50-year-old man was travelling along Lung Mun Road towards Lung Kwu Tan. When approaching the junction of Lung Mun Road and Lung Fai Street, the two vehicles reportedly collided head-on.

The LGV driver was trapped inside the vehicle and rescued by firemen. Sustaining serious head injuries, he was rushed to Tuen Mun Hospital in unconscious state and was certified dead at 7.15pm.

Investigation by the Special Investigation Team 1 of Traffic, New Territories North is under way.

Anyone who witnessed the accident or has any information to offer is urged to contact the investigating officers. The contact number is 3661 3800.

Source: AI-found images