SEP 22 '86 11:27 TIB (OOU) HK GOVT
2
P.3
2
and, even in
in future years,
the operation of the plant must be done meticulously and carefully. Furthermore, the public should be kept continuously informed about the status of the project.
4.
At this point, it may perhaps be useful to recall the order of events culminating in our trip to Beijing today. Hopefully, this will help to put into proper context our task for the next few days.
5.
Soon after the Chernobyl accident the Standing Panel on Public Utilities of UMELCO invited representatives from the Hong Kong Government, the Guangdong Nuclear Power Joint Venture
Company and the Hong Kong Nuclear Investment Co. to give briefings on the Daya Bay project. In July, an adjournment debate was held by the Legislative Council on "Hong Kong and the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant project". At the same time, having regard to the deep concern of the people of Hong Kong over the safety and management aspects of the proposed Daya Bay Plant and realising that, in the absence of sufficient information, it
would be difficult to make an assessment of this issue, it was decided that three fact-finding delegations should be formed visit France/Austria; the USA and Japan.
6.
to
The delegations left Hong Kong in early August with no pre-conceived idea about whether the Daya Bay project should go ahead or not. The delegations returned to Hong Kong by 13th August. A report was then compiled and released to the public on 30th August. On 2nd September, an invitation was received from
the Xinhua News Agency, Hong Kong Branch, inviting all Members of the three delegations to visit Beijing to discuss and to exchange
views with the relevant Chinese authorities
Chinese authorities on the contents of
the report, At the in-house meeting of LegCo Members on 3rd
September, the majority of Members present endorsed the report,