1 HKK 166/1
22 SEP 1866
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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Mr K M Fong Wing Sang A12 Han kung Mansions 3/F 26 Tai Koo Shing Road Tai Koo Shing
HONG KONG
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HKK 166/1
Date
17 September 1986
De... M Long,
595
Your recent lettek to HM The Queen about the proposed nuclear for power plant at Daya Bay has been passed to this Department reply.
concern
Her Majesty's Government is conscious of its responsibility for the safety of the people of Hong Kong, as part of its overall We have followed very closely responsibility for the territory.
the the expressions of
in Hong Kong about the safety of and have stressed to the Chinese authorities Daya Bay project,
times the need for them to several
take
to allay these steps concerns by ensuring
the plant will be built, operated and managed safely. We are also glad that China will have received the UMELCO delegation before contracts for the project were signed, and that China has given publicity to various measures safety.
draft
that
on
The
was
I should point out that there is no link of any kind between the Chinese choice of the UK firm GEC
firm GEC as the supplier of turbines the future of Hong Kong. on for the project and agreement
of future the
Hong Kong text of the
agreement
of the British and Chinese initialled by representatives Governments on
26 September 1984, before substantive negotiations began on the turbines contract.
on
given can
absolute an
of course, no one operation of any power station, whether nuclear will
report
problem-free;
of accidents,
entirely be
low probability
the
fact-finding teams fully recognises this point.
if
assurance
that
or conventional,
of the UMELCO Against the very are properly
safety aspects
observed in design,
design, construction and operation of nuclear stations, must be set the undoubted benefits of nuclear power.
Vogue,
DJ G Barton
Hong Kong Department
power