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The exhibition on nuclear technology, which was jointly organised by the HK Association for the Advancement of Science and Technology and the Chinese Nuclear Society, attracted thousands of residents yesterday, the first day it was opened to the public.
Commenting on reports that only seven submissions had been received by the authorities since more than 5 000 copies of the Legco nuclear report had been distributed, Tin Tin Daily News said in an editorial that such a response was normal because the residents "had no further opinion" after they "had understood everything.
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Monday, September 15: About 500 representatives from the Joint Conference for the Shelving of the Daya Bay Project yesterday marched to the Government Secretariat to renew their call to the Government to withdraw from the nuclear project, the media reported prominently.
They handed in a blank petition letter to protest against the Government's failure to head public opinion on the Daya Bay issue.
Wen Wei Po reported that China Light and the Guangdong Electricity Company would sign an agreement in Shenzhen today on a link-up between the Daya Bay nuclear plant and HK's power supply system.
In an interview with the HK Economic Journal, HKNIC director Stephen Poon said that HKNIC's investment in Daya Bay was fixed and if because of the need to increase safety features of the plant there was a requirement to increase investment, this would be done through loans.
He said it was definite that the JVC would accept French proposals for increased safety measures at Daya Bay.
A member of the Legco nuclear fact-finding delegations, Dr Chiu Hin-kwong, told reporters after a public function yesterday that the position paper of the Legco delegation to Peking should include HK people's worries over the safety and economic aspects of the plant.
A social science lecturer at the Ling Nam College, Dr Yip Po-keung, told a seminar yesterday that the Harwell accident assessment report would not be accepted by the HK Government and the public alike as it contained many errors.
Sing Pao said in its editorial that it was very difficult for the Legco missions to produce a perfect and comprehensive report in a short period of time. The paper felt that the crux of the problem was the safety aspect of the plant. The plant should be acceptable to HK people if its safety was ensured.