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DD 270100Z HOKON
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FM FCOLN TO HOKON
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GRS 383
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OF 261630Z AUGUST 86
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, PARIS, BTC HONG KONG
MIPT: YOUR VISIT TO PEKING: DAYA BAY
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FOLLOWING ARE POINTS TO MAKE AND DEFENSIVE BRIEFING.
POINTS TO MAKE
1.
GLAD TO NOTE CONSTRUCTIVE SPIRIT OF EXCHANGES BETWEEN UK
AND CHINA ON THE NEED TO ALLAY THE CONCERNS OF HONG KONG PEOPLE
ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE PROPOSED PLANT.
2.
PLEASED THAT CHINA HAS GIVEN PUBLICITY TO RECENT MEASURES
ON NUCLEAR SAFETY, AND THAT THE ORGANISERS OF THE SIGNATURE
CAMPAIGN WERE RECEIVED IN PEKING AND BRIEFED ON CHINA'S NUCLEAR
SAFETY REGIME. NOTE THAT CHINA MAY INVITE LEGISLATIVE
COUNCILLORS TO VISIT CHINA TO DISCUSS THE REPORTS OF THEIR
OVERSEAS VISITS. HOPE THIS COULD TAKE PLACE IN SEPTEMBER.
3.
PUBLIC ATTENTION IN HONG KONG IS FIRMLY FOCUSSED ON THE
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION OF THE REPORTS OF THEIR
VISITS. UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF LEGCO WILL DISCUSS THE REPORTS IN
EARLY SEPTEMBER: THE REPORTS WILL HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED BEFORE
THEN. THE REPORTS WILL BE BALANCED AND OBJECTIVE.
4.
AS CHINA HAS RECOGNISED, PUBLIC CONCERN IN HONG KONG
WOULD BE EXACERBATED IF SIGNATURE OF CONTRACTS FOLLOWED TOO
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