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Thank you for your
letter of 12 September to Sir
Geoffrey Howe about the proposed nuclear power plant at
Daya Bay.
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We are very conscious of our responsibility for the well-being and safety of the people of Hong Kong, as part
of our overall responsibility for the territory.
We have
followed very closely expressions of concern in Hong Kong about the safety of the Daya Bay project and have relayed
In doing so this concern to the Chinese authorities.
we
have stressed the need for them to take steps publicly to allay this concern by demonstrating that the plant will
be built, operated and managed to proper
safety.
standards of
The Chinese authorities have recently announced
several measures to assure the safety of
their civil
nuclear power programme, and have emphasised that safety
their planning.
and quality are paramount in this regard.