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Saturday, June 14: An engineer of the Guangdong Nuclear Investment Company, Guo Fengshou, told ATV-C that an emergency zone would be designated around the Daya Bay plant because the French designer of the plant estimated that there could be one serious accident in every 30-year-period. Mr Guo stressed that the estimate did not necessarily mean that there would be an accident every 30 years.
Sunday, June 15: Senior Exco Unofficial Sir S.Y. Chung told the press on his return from London that Chinese leader Hu Yaobang had told him that China would definitely go ahead with plans to build nuclear power plants. But because of the Soviet accident, Mr Hlu said China was reviewing the safety facilities at the Daya Bay project. Sir S.Y. said that he learned from experts that the Daya Bay design was to ensure that in the event of an accident, radioactive materials would not leak through the protective shields nor would they melt underground. He said that this was a safe design and that there was no need to worry.
In an editorial, Sing Pao said people should not totally reject nuclear power as a source of energy simply because of worries about safety. The Soviet N-plant accident could be a blessing in disguise as it prompted the international community to further improve safety.
HK Economic Journal columnist Law Wang-shing listed 55 reasons against the Daya Bay project. The reasons included safety, economic and political considerations.
Monday, June 16: Ching Po said in an editorial that there was a need for the Daya Bay project team to do more explanation to the local population to remove their worries about safety.
In an editorial, Wah Kiu Yat Po said there was no urgency for China to press ahead with the Daya Bay project at an early date. As China would be attending an international conference on N-plant safety later this year, it should wait and see what came out of the conference before deciding whether to go ahead with the Daya bay project.
Tuesday, June 17: The HK Economic Journal reiterated in an editorial its opposition to the construction of a nuclear plant at Daya Bay. China's decision would indicate whether it respected HK public opinion. Any accident at Daya Bay would spell the end of IK. On both political and economic considerations, China should think carefully whether it should go ahead with the project.
Wednesday, June 18: A joint conference of 37 pressure groups opposed to the construction of a nuclear plant at Daya Bay would conduct a large-scale public forum in July to discuss the safety aspect of nuclear plants, a few papers reported.
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