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SEP 05 '86 15:03 TIBCOOU) HK GOVT:
The Civic Association yesterday sent a letter to Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang via the NCNA, suggesting that the plant be moved to Hu Tou Jiao in Daya Bay, which was 55 kilometres away from the closest population centre in HK.
The letter proposed that if relocation was not possible, China could still use the present site for the construction of a coal-fired power station.
Copies of the letter would also be sent to other Chinese leaders and to the Governor, Sir Edward Youde, the Chief Secretary and the Financial Secretary.
The SCM Post reported that a group of Legislative Councillors are working on plans to conduct a territory-wide opinion poll on Daya Bay after the release in a week's time of reports on their colleagues' fact-finding tours of the US, Europe and Japan.
The HK Economic Journal said that the most important reason for people to oppose the Daya Bay project was that they had no faith in the management of the plant by China. It said that China should stipulate that the Daya Bay plant would be managed by foreign experts for a certain period.
Sing Tao Jih Pao said that the Government had been toeing the Chinese line on the N-plant issue.
Commenting on Martin Lee's call for a special Legco sitting to discuss the Daya Bay issue, the Express said what was important was not the outcome of the debate but whether public opinion was heeded.
The HK Daily News said that the suggestions made by the Civic Association were reasonable and that Peking should seriously study them.
Wen Wei Po noted that China's Minister of Nuclear Industry, Jiang Xinxiong, had indicated that he welcomed experts to find faults in the Daya Bay project. The paper said this demonstrated that China had adopted an open attitude on the issue.
Ching Po repeated its remark that China was attachinimportance to public opinion by stepping up safety measures.
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