OCT 03 '86 16:44 TIBCOOU) HK GOVT
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In HK, Legco Unofficial Martin Lee said yesterday that he had doubt's on the independence of China's nuclear safety authorities. He refused to comment on the performance of the Lagco delegation in Peking and said he would wait until they were back and until they furnished him with a report, either orally or written.
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Some media reports noted that Mr Lee confirmed that he had met the head of the local NCNA branch Xu Jiatun about the proposed plans in Daya Bay. He reiterated that his position on the Daya Bay issue had not changed.
Anti-nuclear activist Fung Chi-wood said he was disappointed with the Legco delegation for not reflecting the worries of HK people on the plant, some media reports said.
He hoped China would postpone che signing of the contracts for the Daya Bay project for six months.
Mr Fung felt that it was impossible for the Chinese authorities to accept the recommendations by the Legco fact-finding missions because many of them were "impractical." He expressed doubts over the independence of the nuclear safety authorities.
Legco Unofficial Peter Poon told Radio-1's "HK Beat" yesterday that the Legco had done its best to protect HK people's interest. He said he personally did not like to see the building of a nuclear plant near HK. But as the plant was to be built in China, what the Legco could best do was to persuade China to pay more attention on the plant's safety.
In the English press, both the Sunday Morning Post and the Sunday Standard highlighted the point that Mr Li Peng had rejected the Legco delegation's demand for China to guarantee cheap electricity from Daya
Bay.
The SCM Post, in a front page report, said members of the visiting delegation said they were less than satisfied about the talks with Chinese leaders and experts during their three-day visit. The Standard, in its front page lead, noted that Mr Li Peng said China had already made a big concession in offering a six-year assurance to China Light.
In her Post column headed "Softly, softly as Legco makes Beijing inroads", Ann Quon said the visit could augur well for the political fortunes of the leaders of the delegation, Maria Tam and Allen Lee. On the surface, she wrote, relations between China and Umelco may appear to be moving into a new phase, but they are far from settled. She said Peking has cautiously stopped short of according full recognition to councillors.
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