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35 Mr Frank Cook (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Com- monwealth Affairs, what assurances the Governor of Hong Kong, Sir Edward Youde, gave to senior Chinese officials in Beijing in September regarding the Hong Kong Government's intention to stand by its original decision to support the construction by the Daya Bay nuclear power plant.
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The Governor of Hong Kong discussed the Daya Bay
project with senior Chinese officials during his visit to
Beijing in September. He confirmed to them that the Hong
Kong Government would stand by the commitments it had
made in respect of the project, and conveyed to them the
concern felt by people in Hong Kong on Daya
Bay.
The
Chinese authorities assured the Government that they were
fully alive to and understood these concerns.
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