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OCT 16 '86 12:28 TIBCOOU) HK GOVT
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In another development, the papers reported that 97 per cent of the 1 000 returns representing 3 600 people to a survey conducted by more than 30 DB members were against the construction of the Daya Bay plant.
The survey showed that nearly 40 per cent of the respondents indicated that they would leave HK if the Daya Bay plant was built as scheduled.
Monday, October 6: The papers reported that about 500 to 1 000 people attended an anti-nuclear mass rally organised by the Joint Conference for the Shelving of the Daya Bay Project at Morse Park yesterday.
Speakers at the rally stressed that they would carry on their anti-nuclear campaign despite contracts for the project had been signed.
They reiterated their call that the HK Government should withdraw from the nuclear project.
Legco Unofficial Selina Chow told newsmen after a public function yesterday that the six-year guarantee of cheaper electricity from the Daya Bay plant was not enough, several papers reported.
The Standard reported in its front page lead that a restricted Umelco "brief" for the Legco delegation that went to Peking last month shows there was widespread public discontent with the council's nuclear power fact-finding report. The Umelco brief, a copy of which the Standard said it had obtained, contains letters and comments directed to the Legco fact-finding delegations. Of all of the representations, roughly two-thirds contained adverse comment. Many of them contained detailed arguments. Some of these comments, in rather emotional tones, denounced the report as irresponsible and ignored the worries of the public. Maria Tam and Allen Lee were jointly denounced in one letter, and Miss Tam was singled out for personal criticism in another.
Editorially, the Express and the HK Daily News said that although the major contracts for the Daya Bay project had already been signed, HK people were still worried about the project. The mass rally at the Morse Park yesterday indicated that HK people were strongly anti-nuclear, the Express added.
The Daily News said that the HK Government and the Peking authorities should come up with reasonable measures to allay HK people's worries.