Translation
Annex G
Speech by Mr ZHOU Ping, Vice-Group leader of the State Council's Leading Group on Nuclear Power and Vice-Minister of Nuclear Industry,
at a meeting with Members of the LegCo Fact-finding Delegations
on Nuclear Power Generation on 18 September 1986
Ladies & Gentlemen,
Acting on the instruction of the State Council, I have the pleasure in meeting Members of the Hong Kong Legislative Council Fact-finding Delegations on Nuclear Power Generation on
visit
Beijing, and in being charged with the
with exchanging views
you on
here in
responsibility
for
hearing and
matters pertaining to the construction of the Daya Bay Nuclear
I and
colleagues my
have to
Power
Plant.
are pleased
the
opportunity to be your host. I would like to thank you for the introduction and explanation given by you on your Nuclear Fact-finding Report. I am well aware of the position taken by
the Delegation.
Following the Chernobyl accident in
in the Soviet Union,
the safety aspects of the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant has caused grave concern among the people of Hong Kong. We have the benefit of the Xinhua News Agency (Hong Kong Branch) which provides us with abundant information, and keeps us well informed of the
concern and worries of the people of Hong Kong. Consequently our Government leaders pay close attention to this, and take the view that the concerns of the Hong Kong people about the safety of the Daya Bay Plant is understandable. To allay the fears and doubts of the people of Hong Kong, not only
not only have we received a
a great
number of members of the community of Hong Kong at the Daya Bay site, but we have also received, in Beijing, representatives of groups with divergent views
and listened to what the issue,
they had
say. The Hong Kong Legislative Council had
to
on
sent