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CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 3419
OF 17044OZ OCTOBER 86
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, PARIS
TOP COPY O DIST 7
16611
27 JCT 1986
YOUR TELNO. 1738: DAYA BAY : NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY
XHIBITION
AS PROMISED IN PARA. 9 OF OUR TELNO. 3077 WE SET OUT BELOW
A FULL REPORT ON THE NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY EXHIBITION.
2. THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE EXHIBITION WAS OFFICIATED BY
MR. H.M.G. FORSGATE, MR. T.K. ANN, MR. LU GUANG-YI AND PROFESSOR
Y.W. CHAN IN THE AFTERNOON OF 12 SEPTEMBER. MR. XU JIATUN ALSO
ATTENDED THE CEREMONY. HIS REMARKS THAT THE DAYA BAY ISSUE WOULD
NOT AFFECT HONG KONG PEOPLE'S CONFIDENCE RECEIVED PROMINENT PRESS COVERAGE.
3.
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THE NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY EXHIBITION WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR
13 AND 26 SEPTEMBER. IT WAS LATER EXTENDED TO 28 SEPTEMBER. THE
EXHIBITION WAS HELD AT THE EXHIBITION HALL AT STAR HOUSE,
TSIMSHATSUI ON KOWLOON. THERE WERE TWO ORGANISERS NAMELY: THE
HONG KONG ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
AND THE CHIMESE MUCLEAR SOCIETY. THEY RECEIVED SUPPORT FROM A
TOTAL OF FIVE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL GROUPS AND 34 INDIVIDUAL
SPONSORS.
4.
OVER 100 EXHIBITS, INCLUDING PHOTOGRAPHS, MODELS AND SAMPLES
WERE DISPLAYED. THE EXHIBITS WERE DESCRIBED IN SIMPLIFIED CHINESE
CHARACTERS. THEY FOCUSED ON THE PRACTICAL BENEFITS OF NUCLEAR
TECHNOLOGY AS WELL AS THE DESIGN OF THE DAYA BAY NUCLEAR POWER
PLANT. SOME POST-GRADUATE STUDENTS AND A NUMBER OF CHINESE
NUCLEAR EXPERTS WERE THERE TO EXPLAIN THE EXHIBITS TO THE VISITORS.
A SEMINAR ON A NUCLEAR-RELATED TOPIC WAS HELD EVERY EVENING AND
LOCAL ACADEMICS AND CHINESE EXPERTS WERE INVITED TO BE SPEAKERS.
IN ADDITION, MOVIES ON NUCLEAR ENERGY WERE SCREENED IN THE MORNINGS
AND SOME 20 FILMS ON NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY WERE MADE AVAILABLE FOR
LOAN TO GROUPS AND ORGANISATIONS.
5. THREE LEAFLETS WERE MADE AVAILABLE TO VISITORS FREE OF CHARGE. THESE LEAFLETS INTRODUCED THE EXHIBITION (IN CHINESE), THE DAYA BAY MUCLEAR POWER PLANT (IN CHINESE) AND SOME FIGURES ABOUT NUCLEAR
POWER PLANTS (IN BOTH CHINESE AND ENGLISH). TWO INFORMATION BOOKLETS COMPILED BY THE CHINESE NUCLEAR SOCIETY WERE PUT ON SALE AT
2 DOLLARS EACH. ONE OF THEM WAS A RESOURCE BOOK ON THE EXHIBITION.
IT CONTAINED A TOTAL OF 16 TECHNICAL PAPERS. EXCEPT THE TWO
PAPERS ON RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTIONS AND UTILIZATION OF NUCLEAR ENERGY
WHICH WERE PRINTED IN BOTH ENGLISH AND CHINESE, THE REMAINING ONES
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