HK ZAPP
FOR PRU USE ONLY
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION
For WRITTEN ANSWER on
March 30th, 1987
Head of HKD
Please submit
a draft Answer
& Background
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to Parliamentary Unit
before Noon
27/3/87
TEXT OF QUESTION :-
Party
La
206 Mr Frank Cook (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Com- W monwealth Affairs, whether Her Majesty's Government will now provide a contingency fund for assistance to businesses in Hong Kong in the event of an accident at Daya Bay nuclear power plant; and whether his Department has made any estimate of the likely cost of a worst case nuclear accident at Daya Bay under adverse meteorological con- ditions to Hong Kong.
to P/S
MR. RENTON
(Minister)
for approval by
NOON 30 March
PQS
for answer by
MR. RENTON......
(Minister)
ANSWER
Any question of assistance to businesses in Hong
Kong is a matter for the Hong Kong Government. The Hong ...REPLY(S) Kong Government have requested their consultants, the
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, to prepare an
accident assessment report on the Daya Bay power station. Once this report has been received and examinea, the Hong Kong
Government Will consider the possible implications
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copy to
R
Private Secretary
for Hong Kong of any accident at the Daya Bay plant.
PS/
•
(Minister)
Parliamentary
Clerk
authorised
horise
Ann Ward.....
(Head of Dept)
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