SEP 05 '86 15:01 TIBCOOU) HK GOVT
ATV and some papers quoted HKU law lecturer Albert Chen as saying that Legco had no power to reverse Exco's decision to support the Daya Bay project.
He said Legco only had the power to reverse a Government decision if it involved a Bill or the spending of public money. A Legco motion asking the Government to request China to delay the signing of the Daya Bay contracts would only create political pressure but would have no legal effect.
He added that Legco could turn down a request by the Government to reserve money in the budget for the guarantee of loans for the project.
TVB and a few papers reported that a joint study by the HK Royal Observatory and the Guangdong Nuclear Power Joint Venture Company on the meteorological conditions at Daya Bay showed that the length of time that HK come under the influence of winds blowing from Daya Bay was shorter than expected.
The study also found that the risk of HK being exposed to direct radiation leakage from the Daya Bay plant was smaller than estimated.
The Royal Observatory intended to place equipment across the border on a permanent basis to monitor the situation at Daya Bay. The Chinese side had no objection in principle to the idea but telecommunications problems had to be solved first.
In an editorial, the Standard said if people here made it clear to China that they were prepared to shoulder the extra costs the case for relocation might be more convincing.
Commenting on the dispute between Maria Tam and Martin Lee over the N-plant issue, the HK Daily News said that their conflict had damaged the reputation of the council.
Expressing a different view, Wah Kiu Yat Po said that in any council where the spirit of democracy prevailed, there were bound to be different views from members with different backgrounds.
The HK Times noted that the Chernobyl accident was caused by human error. The paper said that what people were worried about was the management system of the Communists.
Wednesday, August 27: Members of the Legco fact-finding missions held a meeting yesterday to discuss the draft report they had completed, the media reported prominently.
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