NOV 19 '86 15:57 TIBCOOU) HK GOVT
Monday, November 101 Deputy convenor of the Legco ad hoc group to monitor the Daya Bay plant, Chung Pui-lam, said that his group might consider seeking more information from the Government if the report to be released to Omelco members today contained insufficient information, Sing Tao Jih Pao reported.
Forty-four per cent of HK people now believe the Daya Bay nuclear plant should go ahead, according to results of a new opinion poll conducted by a leading market research company commissioned by the SCM Post.
The paper said that most of those people who now support the plant, however, stipulate that more information about safety should be published. Despite this swing in the plant's favour, a majority of the people interviewed, 52 per cent still believe the nuclear plant should not proceed.
Nineteen per cent say it should not be built at all, while 33 per cent say it should be postponed, with a decision on its final fate only It showed to be taken when more information about safety is available.
a 10 per cent swing in favour of the plant compared to a similar survey by the paper in September.
Tuesday, November 11: The electronic and print media gave extensive coverage to a detailed 103-page report on safety and tariff arrangements for the Daya Bay plant published by the Government yesterday.
Some papers, including Wen Wei Po, the HK Daily News, Sing Pao, the HK Commercial Daily and Ching Po noted in prominent headlines that the nuclear power station could save $30 billion for HK consumers in the first 20 years of its operation. Ta Kung Pao reported that the original estimated figure by China Light was $13.9 billion.
Most papers said the Government stressed in the report that it remained confident that the plant was a suitable source of electricity to meet HK's future needs and that all involved in the project were determined to ensure its safety and make it a success.
Wah Kiu Yat, Tin Tin Daily News, Ta Kung Po and Wen Wei Po published Lazard Brothers' graphs reproduced in the report.
Wen Wei Po translated extracts from each of the three parts of the
report.
Media reports said certain information about the overall arrangements on taxation and profit rates was not included in the report as the Government said it was regarded as being commercially sensitive or constituted classified state information.
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