Stakeholder Consultation Workshop on updating the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Implementation Plan (HKSARIP) for the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

Stakeholder Consultation Workshop on updating the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Implementation Plan (HKSARIP) for the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants  Stakeholder Consultation Workshop on updating the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Implementation Plan (HKSARIP) for the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants  Stakeholder Consultation Workshop on updating the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Implementation Plan (HKSARIP) for the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

In response to China’s acceptance of the Stockholm Convention's December 2013 amendments of adding POPs to its Annexes, a stakeholder consultation workshop was organized on 23 March 2015 on issues related to the updating of the HKSARIP.  About 100 stakeholders from various sectors of the community attended the Workshop.  The attendees appreciated the holding of the workshop and discussed with EPD's representatives on the implication of implementing the amendments to the Stockholm Convention set out in the updated HKSARIP.