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4.
will be
The Governor has asked us to recognise that there
of
the
a price to pay for the continuation
project in terms of confidence among the people of Hong Kong; and that this price will be substantially raised
during the 1990s, when the station is commissioned.
has invited Ministers to consider whether they should
point
to the Chinese Government the political
benefits that
out
He
could
be
obtained in
Hong Kong
if
the
Chinese were to decide now to move the project from Daya
Bay or to convert it to a thermal station.
5.
Such
a
step would
of course
have
major
implications for our relationships with the Chinese and
as governments,
well as for British commercial
There would no doubt be wider consequences
French
interests.
too in terms of
this
country of
the
perceptions in
to nuclear power, and of the risks
Government's attitude
associated with it.
6.
Our immediate
must, I
suggest,
be
to continue providing the
response to the Governor's concerns
fullest
possible
support
to
the
Government Hong Kong
in its
present difficult position. We must demonstrate to them,
and enable them to demonstrate to a nervous and volatile
t
...
responsibilities
population, that we are aware of our
towards the community; that we are fully communicating
local anxieties to the governments
and
enterprises
concerned; and that all possible is being done to inform
and reassure Hong Kong people.