WOULD SUPPORT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DAYA BAY PLANT IF THE
INTERNATIONAL SAFETY STANDARDS WERE MET. THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD
MADE EIGHT RECOMMENDATHONS ON THE SAFETY STANDARDS AND DISCLOSURE OF
RELEVANT INFORMATION AND THAT SUCH RECOMMENDATIONS HAD BEEN
SUBMITTED TO UMELCO AND NCNA FOR CONSIDERATION.
9. THE NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY EXHIBITION JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE HK ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND THE
CHINESE NUCLEAR SOCIETY WAS A NEW MEDIA INTEREST. THE PRESS, IN
PARTICULAR THE LEFT-WING PAPERS CARRIED SPECIAL REPORTS ON THE
OPENING CEREMONY. <HT WAS NOTED THAT THE OPENING CEREMONY WAS
OFFICIATED BY MR. H.M.G. FORSGATE, MR. T.K. ANN, MR. LU GUANG-Y !-
AND PROFESSOR Y.W. CHAN MAN THE AFTERNOON OF 12 SEPTEMBER.
SPEAKING TO THE PRESS AFTER THE OPENING CEREMONY, MR. XU JIATUN,
DIRECTOR OF NCNA HK BRANCH, SAID THAT THE DAYA BAY ISSUE WOULD NOT
AFFECT HK PEOPLE'S CONFIDENCE AND THAT THE PUBLIC FEAR WOULD BE
REMOVED GRADUALLY WHEN THEY KNEW MORE ABOUT NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY.
OVER 100 EXHIBITS, INCLUDING PHOTOGRAPHS, MODELS AND SAMPLES,
COLLECTED FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES WERE DISPLAYED WITH A VIEW
TO SHOWING THE PRACTICAL BENEFITS OF NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY
OVER THE PAST TWO DECADES. A SERIES OF PUBLIC SEMINARS WERE
ORGANISED COVERING A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS AND NUCLEAR EXPERTS FROM
HONG KONG AND CHINA TOOK PART IN SUCH SEMINARS. THE LEFT-WING PAPERS
SAID THAT THE EXHIBITION WAS A GREAT SUCCESS AS HT ATTRACTED
MORE THAN 8,000 PERSONS DURING THE FIRST DAY IT WAS OPENED TO THE PUBLIC. (A FULL REPORT ON THE EXHIBITION WILL FOLLOW.)
10. THE MEETING BETWEEN MR. GRAHAM OSBORNE, DEMS, AND TWO VISITING
CHINESE NUCLEAR EXPERTS WAS ALSO WIDELY REPORTED. MR. OSBORNE
WAS QUOTED AS SAYING THAT THE SAFETY ANALYSIS STUDY ON DAYA BAY
WOULD BE COMPLETED BY MARCH 1987 AND THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION WOULD
NOT COMMENCE UNTIL OCTOBER NEXT YEAR. HE HIMSELF WAS VERY SATISFIED
WITH THE ASSURANCE GIVEN BY THE CHINESE EXPERTS ON THE SAFETY OF THE
DAYA BAY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT AND HAD SUGGESTED TO THE CHINESE
EXPERTS THAT THE HONG KONG PEOPLE WOULD BE REASSURED IF THERE WAS
A REAL TIME MONITOR IN THE PLANT SO THAT HK PEOPLE WOULD BE
IMMEDIATELY INFORMED OF ALL ACCIDENTS INCLUDING THOSE OF A VERY
MINOR NATURE. IN THIS CONNECTION, MR. WANG QUANGUO WAS QUOTED BY THE PEOPLE'S DAILY (OVERSEAS EDITION) AS SAYING THAT THE COMPLETY-ON
OF THE SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORTS ON DAYA BAY WAS SCHEDULED TO TIME
IN WITH THE SIGNING OF VARIOUS CONTRACTS AND THAT THE ARRANGEMENT
WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE INTERNATIONAL PRACTICE.
11. WE ARE ARRANGING FOR A SUMMARY OF MEDIA REPORTS COVERING THE
PERIOD BETWEEN 11 AND 17 SEPTEMBER TO BE FAXED TO YOU. THE DISTRICT / OFFICERS WERE NOT REQUIRED TO SUBMIT WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORTS
CONFIDENTIAL
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