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FM HONG KONG
MMEDIATE PEKING
TELNO 199
OF 140840Z AUGUST 36
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HKC 166/1
14 AUL 1736
INFO IMMEDIATE FCO, HONG KONGNGOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, PAPIS
INFO IMMEDIATE DTI, DEPT OF ENERGY
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NUCLEAR SAFETY: CHINA
WE REPRODUCE BELOW OUR TELNO. 2622 TO THE ADDRESSEE.
A COPY OF OUR TELNO. 2534 (REFERRED TO IN TEL:0 2622) HAS PEEN
SENT TO YOU BY BAG.
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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 2622
OF 14020OZ AUGUST 86
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, PARIS, DTI
INFO IMMEDIATE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
NUCLEAR SAFETY: CHINA
FURTHER TO OUR TELNO. 2534, THE DAYA BAY MUCLEAR POWER PLANT REMAINED TO BE A MAJOR LOCAL CONCERN DURING THE WEEK ENDING 11
AUGUST. THE MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS ARE DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPHS 2
TO 8 BELOW.
2. THE JOINT CONFERENCE FOR SHELVING THE DAY BAY PLANT'
REMAINED ACTIVE. FOLLOWING A CALL ON THE LOCAL MCNA OFFICE, ARRANGEMENTS HAD NOW BEEN MADE FOR 12 OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF
THE JOINT CONFERENCE TO GO TO PEKING ON 18 AUGUST TO DISCUSS THE DAYA BAY PROJECT WITH CHINESE OFFICIALS AND TO PRESENT THE ONE MILLION SIGNATURES THEY HAD COLLECTED TO THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT. TWO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE JOINT CONFERENCE, MR. FUNG CHI-WOOD AND MR. WAN SHEK-LUN, HAD ALSO ASKED FOR A MEETING WITH SES IN THE AFTERNOON OF 12 AUGUST. MEANWHILE, THE VISITING BRITISH MP MR. ROBERT PARRY, CONTINUED THE CALL FOR THE SHELVING OF THE DAYA BAY PROJECT. HE TOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE ON 7 AUGUST THAT THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT SHOULD ASK CHINA TO EITHER RELOCATE THE DAYA BAY PLANT FURTHER AWAY FROM HONG KONG OR TO USE THE SITE FOR A COAL OR CIL-FIRED POWER STATION IN. THE WAKE OF STRONG OPPOSITION
IN HONG KONG.
THE MEDIA NOTED THAT A GROUP OF 17 UMELCO AND DB MEMPERS HAD CONDUCTED A PUBLIC OPINION SUPVEY ON THE DAYA BAY PROJECT.
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