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GRS 800
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO DESKBY 01103OZ FCO
TELNO 2824
FO 01084OZ SEPTEMBER 86
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YOUR TELNO. 1841 AND OUR TELNO.
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DAYA BAY : REACTIONS TO THE LEGCO REPORT
THE RELEASE OF THE REPORT OF THE LEGCO FACT-FINDING DELEGATIONS ON NUCLEAR POWER GENERATION ON 30 AUGUST HAS SEIZED THE LIMELIGHT. THE MEDIA HAS GIVEN PROMINENT COVERAGE TO THE CONTENT OF THE REPORT, IN PARTICULAR THE OBSERVATIONS MADE BY THE DELEGATIONS AS CONTAINED IN PART V OF THE REPORT. INDEED, MANY NEWSPAPERS HAVE REPRINTED THE OBSERVATIONS AS WELL AS SOME OTHER PARTS OF THE REPORT. THE MEDIA HAS ALSO EXTENSIVELY REPORTED ON THE MIXED REACTIONS TO THE REPORT. YOU SHOULD HAVE BY NOW RECEIVED OUR TWO TELEGRAMS TO PEKING (MARKED FOR ATTENTIONS OF PS/SIR E. YOUDE) REPORTING ON THE MEDHA ROUND-UP FOR 1 AND 2 SEPTEMBER.
2. FROM THE MEDIA ROUND-UP REPORTS, YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THE HONG KONG LOVE BAMENT, HASEMADE COME POSITIVE COMMENTS ON THE REPORT. TOEOTZXCIGTARLCOMED AS A USEFUL DOCUMENT WHICH WILL
The PERF чись сте HELP TO ALLAY PUBLIC'S FEAR. IT IS BELIEVED THAT MOST RECOMM- DATHONS ARE FEASIBLE AND WILL BE ACCEPTED. A MORE DETAILED RESPONSE IS BEING FORMULATED AND WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY.
3. HT HS NOTED THAT THE LEGCO REPORT WILL BE DISCUSSED AT A LEGCO IN-HOUSE MEETING IN THE AFTERNOON OF 3 SEPTEMBER. WHITLE SOME LEGCO UNOFFICIALS PREFER TO COMMENT ON THE REPORT AT THE LEGCO IN-HOUSE MEETING, A NUMBER OF LEGCO UNOFFICIALS HAVE MADE PUBLIC THEIR INITIAL VIEWS AS REPORTED IN THE MEDIA ROUND-UP REPORTS. SO FAR, MRS. RITA FAN, MR. STEPHEN CHEONG, MR. HO SAI CHU, MR. CHỊU HƠN-KHÔNG, MR, HELMUT SCHMEN, MR. HONG PO-YAN AND MR. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN HAVE FOUND THE REPORT USEFUL. ON THE OTHER HAND, A NUMBER OF ELECTED LEGCO UNOFFICIALS INCLUDING DIR. RICHARD LA, MR. SZETO WAH, DR. CONRAD LAM, MR. MARTIN LEE,
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