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HKK 166/1
HKK 166/1.
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DATE 30 September 1986
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PS/Mr Kenton
cc: Dr Wilson
DAYA BAY: LETTER FROM "HONG KONG LINK"
Problem
(646)
1.
"Hong Kong Link" has written to the Secretary of State to ask that we emphasise to the Chinese the level of public concern in Hong Kong, and the need for information on the
project to be made available to the Hong Kong public. How
should we respond?
Recommendation
2.
I recommend that Mr Renton reply on the lines of the
attached draft.
Background and Argument
3.
"Hong Kong Link" is a relatively new UK-based group
with student affiliations: it is connected with "Meeting
Point", a moderate political pressure group in Hong Kong. In April 1985, Dennis Canavan MP wrote to Mr Luce enclosing a letter from Hong Kong Link urging the early introduction
of direct elections to LEGCO.
4.
The Hong Kong media reported before the recent visit to London by LegCo members that the organisers of the anti-Daya Bay signature campaign in Hong Kong had contacted Hong Kong Link in order that anti-Daya Bay demonstrations
might be mounted in London during the visit. In the event,
none materialised.
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