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Legco member Cheng Hon-kwan was quoted as saying that he would ask whether the structure of the containment shield for the nuclear reactor would be as safe as the original design after remedial measures were taken.
The convenor of the Legco group, Wong Po-yan, hoped that an advisory body comprising HK people could be set up by the authorities as soon as possible to restore people's confidence, the Oriental Daily News reported.
Commercial Radio-Chinese and a few papers quoted a spokesman for the Joint Conference for the Shelving of the Daya Bay project, Fung Chi-wood, as expressing worries that more mistakes had been found at the nuclear plant.
He pointed out that the sudden large increase of quality control staff at the site suggested in the JVC's report implied that there were serious shortcomings in the management of the nuclear project.
Commentaries - The Oriental Daily News (6.11) said that it was reasonable for the people of HK to fight for more power in the monitoring of the nuclear plant. Sing Tao Wan Pao (3.11) said yesterday that the JVC should show sincerity in rectifying the mistakes.
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Saturday, November 7 Most papers accorded prominent and
extensive coverage to a briefing given by senior staff of the Guangdong Nuclear Power Joint Venture Company to the Legco ad hoc group on the construction incident at Daya Bay.
Most papers quoted the contract and planning manager of the JVC, Peter Littlewood, as saying that apart from the mis-interpretation of technical drawings, the missing bare incident was also caused by the absence of the chief supervisor who was supposed to be responsible for checking the progress of the foundation work of the raft in question.
Mr Littlewood admitted that there were needs for more detailed
checks on the the construction, particularly on some sensitive and difficult part of the project as the condition in Daya Bay was different from France where the work force were experienced.
He also admitted that language barrier between workers in Daya Bay and French engineers had been underestimated. However, he denied that the situation on the construction site was chaotic or disorganised.
Mr Littlewood told the Legco ad hoc group that a number of improvement measures had been introduced to ensure the construction would be up to requirements.