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Private Secretary
HONG KONG: NUCLEAR SAFETY
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187
FROM:
CO Hum
DATE:
27 June 1986
CC
PS/Mr Renton
PS/PUS
Sir W Harding
Mr Goodall
Mr Slater
Dr Wilson
Mr Masefield, FED
Mr Gordon, NED
1.
Since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster there has been
mounting concern
in Hong Kong about the planned
construction of a
nuclear power station in Guangdong province at Daya Bay, about 40 miles from the centre of the territory. The Secretary of State will recall that the
matter was raised with the Chinese during Hu Yaobang's
visit. They gave private and public reassurances which were helpful, but on very general lines.
2.
Anxiety in Hong Kong has continued to mount. It has found expression in the media, meetings and petitions. UMELCO members, in danger of being out-flanked by public opinion, have taken an increasingly activist and critical
stance. They have now asked
asked for an adjournment debate on
Daya Bay in LEGCO on 16 July: at least one member would have preferred a debate on a motion that the Hong Kong Government should withhold assistance to the project unless it was moved far enough away to allow an "escape route" to
the people of Hong Kong.
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