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AND TO DESKBY 160100Z HONG KONG 15 OCT 1986
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CALL ON KE ZAISHUO: 15 OCTOBER: DAYA BAY
1. I SAID WE WERE GRATEFUL FOR THE STEPS THE CHINESE SIDE HAD TAKEN TO DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM, ESPECIALLY THE RECEPTION OF THE LEGCO MISSION BY JI PENGFEI AND LI PENG. THIS HAD HELPED CALM OPINION. MOST PEOPLE ACCEPTED THAT THE POWER STATION WOULD BE BUILT. BUT THEY REMAINED CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY. THE PROBLEM WAS NOT OVER. IT WAS
NECESSARY TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO EXPLAIN SAFETY MEASURES. THE
IDEA OF A SAFETY COMMISSION ON WHICH HONG KONG PEOPLE WOULD SIT WAS
A GOOD ONE.
2. KE SAID THE CHINESE SIDE WERE CONTENT WITH THE COOPERATION THERE
MAD BEEN ON THIS SUBJECT. THEY UNDERSTOOD HONG KONG'S ANXIETIES,
WHICH WERE SHARED BY PEOPLE IN SOUTH CHINA. IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO
GIVE A 100% GUARANTEE OF SAFETY BUT THE CHINESE WERE CONFIDENT THEY
HAD A VERY HIGH DEGREE OF SAFETY. THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
SITUATION AND MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE PEOPLE INFORMATION AND REPORTS.
3. I ASKED HOW THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAD MONITORED REACTION AMONG
PEOPLE IN GUANGDONG AND HOW THEY HAD EXPLAINED SAFETY MEASURES TO
THEM. KE REPLIED THAT THEY HAD USED LOCAL NEWSPAPERS AND OTHER MEANS
TO GIVE DETAILED EXPLANATIONS ABOUT BUILDING THE PLANT AND ABOUT
NUCLEAR POWER.
EVANS PENDAN
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