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NUCLEAR ENERGY: LEGCO DEBATE ON 16 JULY
1. I was surprised that this morning's telegrams did not contain a report on yesterday's LegCo debate on Daya Bay. I therefore telephoned Mr Mak, the acting Secretary for
Economic Services, to ask him how it had gone.
2.
Mr Mak said that a reporting telegram would reach us
In general it had been
it had been a good and constructive Members had taken generally responsible
a
objective approach. There were two overriding themes:
tomorrow.
debate.
(i) there should be a much greater disclosure
of information about safety aspects of
Daya Bay;
(ii) members doubted the ability of the
Chinese to manage and operate the plant up to the highest standards once it was
commissioned.
and
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3.
Mr Mak said that nine or ten of the speakers called
for the cancellation of the project. The other speakers (a
majority) took a more constructive line, calling for
further information
should be drawn.
and public debate before conclusions
There was general approval of the
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