GRS 1400
UNFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO #MMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 2455
OF 300222Z JULY 86
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SO JUL 1986
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AND TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, PEKING, PARTS AND TO IMMEDIATE DTH, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
NUCLEAR SAFETY: CHINA
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FURTHER TO OUR TELNO. 2385, THE DAYA BAY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT REMAINED TO BE THE FOCUS OF PUBLIC ATTENTION DURING THE WEEK ENDING 28 JULY. THE MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS ARE SET OUT UN PARAGRAPHS 2 TO 8 BELOW.
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THE JOINT CONFERENCE FOR SHELVING THE DAYA BAY PLANT' CONTINUED TO FIGHT THEIR BATTLE AGAINST THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DAYA BAY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT. THE MEDIA GAVE MODERATE COVERAGE TO THE MEETHING BETWEEN THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE JOINT CONFERENCE AND THE ACTING SES IN THE AFTERNOON OF 22 JULY. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE JOHNT CONFERENCE HAD REQUESTED THE GOVERNMENT TO FORBIND CLP TO PURCHASE NUCLEAR POWER AND WITHDRAW THE GUARANTEE IN RESPECT OF COMMERCIAL BORROWINGS OF HKMIC. IN ADDITION, THE JOINT CONFERENCE ALSO CALLED ON THE GOVERNMENT TO DISCLOSE ALL RELEVANT SUNFORMATION ON THE DAYA BAY PROJECT. SEPARATELY, SOME PAPERS REPORTED THAT THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE JOINT CONFERENCE WERE RECEIVED BY AN NCNA OFFICIMAL LAST WEEK. THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE JOINT CONFERENCE REQUESTED NCNA TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THEM TO GO TO PEKING TO REFLECT THE LOCAL CONCERN OVER THE DAYA BAY PROJECT. TO TAKE THEIR ANTI-NUCLEAR CAMPAIGN A STEP FURTHER, THE JOINT CONFERENCE ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WOULD WISINT SOME EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND THE PHILIPPINES TO UNDERSTAND WHY THESE COUNTRIES HAD DECH-DED TO SHELVE THEIR NUCLEAR POWER PROJECTS.
3. THE CALL FOR SHELVING THE DAYA BAY PROJECT ALSO CAME FROM OTHER QUARTERS. THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT BOARD, DURING THEIR RECENT MEETING ON 22 JULY, URGED THE GOVERNMENT TO WITHDRAW TS SUPPORT AND TO RELEASE MORE INFORMATION.
SEPARATELY, THE SOUTH DISTRICT ISSUED A STATEMENT CALLING ON THE SHELVING OF THE PROJECT, SOME PAPERS REPORTED THAT THE RESULTS OF THE PUBLIC OPINION SURVEYS CONDUCTED BY VARIOUS ORGANISATIONS CONFIRMED THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE LOCAL PEOPLE WERE AGAINST THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DAYA BAY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT. ON THE FUTURE ANTI-NUCLEAR MOVEMENT. THE CENTRE DAILY NEWS NOTED THAT AN DAYA BAY MASS RALLY WOULD BE HELD N SEPTEMBER BUT IT WOULD NOT TAKE PLACE ON 18 SEPTEMBER AS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED (ALSO SEE OUR TELNO. 2405).
4. THE MEDIA PICKED UP MR. YAXLEY'S STATEMENT MADE UPON HIS RETURN FROM HIS VISHT FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM AND FRANCE. THE MEDNA RECORDED THAT MR. YAXLEY SAID THERE WERE NO EVACUATION PLANS FOR
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