春节长假，港澳游整体回暖******
【环球时报综合报道】内地与香港免检疫通关后第一个农历春节长假结束，赴港澳的旅游项目在春节期间整体气氛有所回暖。
根据香港入境处的统计数字，从年三十(1月21日)至初四(1月25日)，香港各口岸共有41.7万多人次入境，其中内地旅客6.6万人次，占总入境人次约16%。内地访港旅客入境高峰出现在初三，共有1.6万多人次抵港，当天经高铁西九龙口岸入境人次最多。
5天农历春节长假期间，香港总出境人次54.2万，其中香港居民出境45.3万人次，占总出境人次约84%。港人外游高峰是在除夕，有超过10万人次出境，当天最多人经落马洲支线管制站离境，其次是机场。
连日来，香港尖沙咀广东道成为旅客购物热点，不少内地游客拖着多个行李箱来港消费，部分名店需要排队进入。有内地游客表示，过去3年因疫情关系，较少购物，这次来港将尽情消费；在家过完年就立即买车票来港，主要购买化妆品、护肤品、手袋和婴儿用品。香港旅游业议会主席徐王美伦称，受惠于通关，尖沙咀一些名店及珠宝店生意上升，当中有30%来自内地游客，市道开始复苏。她说，由于航空公司和人手等配套未准备好，估计到明年，旅游业才能恢复到疫情前的水平。
另据港媒1月29日报道， 香港旅游界立法会议员姚柏良在一个电视节目中表示，两地实施免检疫通关后，业界整体气氛好转，但农历春节期间内地访港人数仍不及疫情前的每天10多万人次，核酸检测仍是旅客最大考虑。他呼吁特区政府尽快与内地商讨取消核酸检测及开放旅行团。
据《澳门日报》1月29日报道，澳门特区政府28日公布本月21日至27日入境旅客统计数据，结果显示7天共有45.1万人次访澳，日均6.44万人次，同比上升297%。其中，内地旅客共有26.47万人次，同比增长149.7%；香港旅客共16.47万人次，按年上升2601.8%。
澳门旅游局局长文绮华表示，春节期间旅客量超乎预期，日均入境旅客超过6.4万人次，比当局之前估计的4.7万人次多，主要原因是香港旅客大增，但暂时未能估算春节期间增加的旅游经济效益，需视入境人数等不同方面的情况。澳门旅游业议会会长胡景光称业界喜出望外，从数据可以看到，港客占比约三成，比例比以往有所增加，相信是有赖澳门特区政府在1月8日放宽通关措施后，实时针对香港市场进行大量宣传推广，并推出优惠。他说，元宵节过后直至五一黄金周前夕，向来是旅游业传统淡季。接下来须持续加强对香港市场的宣传，如在现有交通、消费等优惠基础上叠加推出住宿优惠，持续吸引港客访澳。(杨伟民)
中新网评：处理核污水绝不是日本自家私事******
中新网北京1月19日电(蒋鲤)日本政府近日称，将于2023年春夏期间开始向海洋排放经过处理的福岛第一核电站核污水。日本罔顾国内民众及周边国家的屡屡反对，企图将核污水“一倒了之”，把一件关乎全球海洋生态环境和公众健康的事当成了自家私事。
资料图：日本福岛第一核电站。2011年，福岛核电站事故发生后，大量放射性物质泄漏到大气层和太平洋，对周围环境造成了难以逆转的伤害，数十万人被迫撤离该地区。时至今日，作为日本邻国之一的韩国仍未解除福岛海鲜禁令。
日本以核污水存储能力即将达到上限为由，在2021年4月13日，正式决定将福岛第一核电站核污水排入太平洋。过去一年多，日本政府和东京电力公司一直在持续推进核污水排海计划。
日本政府辩称，这些核污水经多核素处理系统(ALPS)处理后很安全，甚至“可以喝”，这样的表态无疑在愚弄大众。
事实上，经过处理的核污水仍含有多种放射性物质，核污水一旦排放入海就无法回收，长期来看，将会给海洋生态带来难以估量的潜在威胁，最终危害人类健康。
因此，核污水排海计划推出后，遭到日本民众强烈反对。日本《朝日新闻》2022年3月公布的问卷调查显示，福岛县、宫城县和岩手县受访的42个市町村长中，约六成反对东京电力公司福岛第一核电站核污水排放入海。日本全国渔业协会联合会也多次申明立场，反对该计划。
日本政府认为，核污水排海是最便宜、最省事的解决方案，但此举却将周边国家乃至全世界置于核污染风险中。太平洋非日本一家之海，核污水会随着洋流流动，其影响势必会跨越国界，危害周边国家乃至整个国际社会的公共福祉和利益。
《韩国经济新闻》发文称，相关研究认为，福岛核污水如果排放入海，约7个月后将到达济州等韩国海域，该国水产业和旅游业将遭受相当大的损失。
德国南极海洋机构也曾发出警告，若日本将所有核污水排入海中，不到半年，整个太平洋都将面临高度辐射威胁，包括远在大洋另一端的美国。太平洋地区人民更是对日本该计划持反对意见。
日本作为《联合国海洋法公约》缔约国，有义务保护海洋环境。然而，在核污水排海方案的正当性、核污水数据的可靠性、净化装置的有效性、环境影响的不确定性等问题上，日本未能作出科学、可信的说明。
国际原子能机构技术工作组虽已三次赴日实地考察评估，但尚未就日排海方案的安全性给出结论，并且对日本提出诸多澄清要求和整改意见。在此情况下，日本仍执意推进核污水排海工程建设，这是极不负责任的行为。
太平洋不是日本的下水道，日本必须正视各方合理关切，在与周边国家等相关利益方和国际原子能机构充分协商后，制定合理的核污水处理方案。日本也要着眼长远，若只顾眼前，执意将核污水排放入海，不仅其自身，周边国家乃至全世界都将为之买单，其后果必将会危害数代人。
Fukushima water disposal by no means Japan’s own business
By John Lee
(ECNS) -- Japan has announced it will release treated wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean this year.
Although Fukushima wastewater disposal affects global marine ecological environment protection and public health, Japan has turned a deaf ear to domestic and international opposition to dumping the contaminated water into the sea, treating the "global" matter as its own business.
The Fukushima accident in 2011 had sent large quantities of radiation into the atmosphere and the Pacific Ocean, causing irreversible damage to the surrounding environment, and hundreds of thousands of people were forced to evacuate the area. South Korea still maintains its import ban on Japanese seafood from areas affected by the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
On April 13, 2021, Japan announced it had decided to discharge contaminated radioactive wastewater in Fukushima Prefecture into the sea due to dwindling storage space, with the Japanese government and plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. promoting the release plan over the past year.
The Japanese government argues that the water treated by an advanced liquid processing system, or ALPS, is safe and drinkable, which is undoubtedly fooling the public.
In fact, the treated wastewater still includes a variety of radioactive substances and can’t be recycled once discharged into the sea, which will pose a great threat to marine ecology and ultimately endanger human health in the long run.
Therefore, the discharge plan has been strongly opposed in Japan. According to a questionnaire conducted by The Asahi Shimbun, nearly 60 percent of mayors of 42 municipalities in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures oppose the discharge plan. The National Fisheries Cooperative Federation of Japan has also repeatedly stated its opposition in public.
The Japanese government believes that dumping Fukushima wastewater into the sea is the cheapest and most convenient solution, but neighboring countries and even the whole world will be at risk of nuclear pollution.
The Pacific Ocean doesn’t belong to Japan and the wastewater flow along oceanic currents will surely break boundaries and endanger public welfare and the interests of neighboring countries and even the international community.
The Korea Economic Daily reported that related research concluded that if contaminated water from Fukushima is released into the ocean, it would only take seven months for the contaminated water to reach the shores of Jeju Island, with the country's aquaculture and tourism suffering considerable losses.
According to the calculation of a German marine scientific research institute, radioactive materials will spread to most of the Pacific Ocean within half a year from the date of discharge, and the U.S. and Canada will be affected by nuclear pollution. People in the Pacific region also oppose the discharge plan.
As a participant of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Japan has the obligation of protecting the marine environment.
However, it hasn’t offered a full and convincing explanation on issues like the legitimacy of the discharge plan, the reliability of data on the nuclear-contaminated water, the efficacy of the treatment system or the uncertainty of environmental impact.
Though the IAEA has yet to complete a comprehensive review after three investigations in Japan, the Japanese side has been pushing through the approval process for its discharge plan and even started building facilities for the discharge. It is rather irresponsible for Japan to act against public opinion at home and concerns abroad.
The Pacific Ocean is not a private Japanese sewer. The country must seriously heed the voices of the international community and make a reasonable plan for the Fukushima wastewater disposal after full consultation with stakeholders and international agencies.
If it only seeks instant interest and insists on discharging the contaminated water into the sea, not only itself, but also its neighboring countries and the entire world will pay for the decision and several generations will be forced to bear the consequence.
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