OCMIAN 5900
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DD 260100Z HOKON
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25170OZ JUN
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HKC 166/1
25 JUN 1936
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TO DESKBY 260100Z HONG KONG
TELNO 1239
OF 25170OZ JUNE 86
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YOUR TELNOS/1971-2: NUCLEAR SAFETY: CHINA
1.
WHERE THE WORDING OF THE DRAFT PRESS RELEASE IN SECOND
TUR IS CONCERNED, WE SUGGEST THAT PARA 3 BE REDRAFTED AS FOLLOWS:
2.
'A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE SUBJECT OF DAYA BAY
WAS DISCUSSED BY BRITISH AND CHINESE LEADERS DURING THE
VISIT TO THE UNITED KINGDOM BY SECRETARY GENERAL HU
YAOBANG. BOTH SIDES STRESSED THE NEED FOR THE
MAINTENANCE OF THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE SAFETY STANDARDS,
BASED ON EXTENSIVE INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, AND FOR
PUBLIC INFORMATION AND REASSURANCE IN ORDER TO ALLAY THE
CONCERN OF THE HONG KONG PUBLIC'.
OUR ONLY OTHER COMMENT CONCERNS THE SECOND SENTENCE OF
THE DRAFT PRESS RELEASE (.... 'WHILE THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAD
NO DIRECT INVOLVEMENT'
....
IT IS FOR YOU TO DECIDE WHETHER
THIS POINT CREATES THE BEST POSSIBLE EFFECT WITH THE HONG KONG
PUBLIC. BUT WE WONDER WHETHER IT IS REALLY FACTUALLY CORRECT,
GIVEN THE PARTICIPATION OF TWO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT NOMINEES ON
THE BOARD OF THE HKNIC, THE HKG'S AGREEMENT TO GUARANTEE UP TO HK
DOLLARS 600 MILLION OF THE HKNIC'S SHARE OF THE JVC'S
CONTRIBUTION TO THE COSTS OF THE PROJECT, AND HONG KONG'S
POSITION AS A CUSTOMER FOR A LARGE PROPORTION OF THE ELECTRICITY
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