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29 JUNE 1988
Mr. Mellor: It is not our practice to reveal the detail of communications between Governments. The House may be assured that they cover regional questions and matters pertinent to the relationship between the two countries.
Taiwan
Dr. Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he has received any representation from the Taiwanese Government seeking United Kingdom technical assistance in the safe relocation of its stored nuclear waste at Lanyu Island off the east coast of Taiwan.
Mr. Mellor: No.
Daya Bay Nuclear Plant
Dr. Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he has circulated to independent experts for peer review the report by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority for the Government of Hong Kong on contingency planning for the Daya Bay pressurised water reactor nuclear power plant.
Mr. Eggar: The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority's report on contingency planning was published in Hong Kong on 5 May. The Hong Kong Government are formulating their contingency plans on the basis of the report. They do not intend to circulate it to independent experts for review.
Dr. Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the current arrangement for financial and industrial partnership in the Daya Bay nuclear plant.
Mr. Eggar: The Daya Bay nuclear power station is a 75 per cent.-25 per cent. joint venture project between the Guangdong Nuclear Investment Company and the Hong Kong Nuclear Investment Company. The nuclear steam supply system for the power station will be supplied by Framatome of France while the turbines and generators will be supplied by General Electric Company of the United Kingdom. In addition, the General Electric Company, in a consortium with the Shangdong Electric Power Company, have received letters of intent for the civil works contracts associated with the conventional island.
Falkland Islands (Fisheries)
Sir John Biggs-Davison: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement about vessels arrested and other measures taken against contravention of the regulations governing fishing in the Falklands interim conservation and management
zone.
Mr. Eggar: Vessels from the Republic of Korea were arrested on four occasions in April and May 1988 for fishing illegally in the Falkland Islands interim conserva- tion and management zone and were fined a total of £260,000 by magistrates in Port Stanley. A Polish vessel received an administrative penalty of £1,000 for unlicensed transshipment of fish.
Sir John Biggs-Davison: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which United
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VOL 1.36 Written Answers Kingdom trawler operators are now engaged in Falkland Islands and South Georgia waters, respectively; what is the effect on employment in those territories and in the United Kingdom, respectively; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Eggar: The following United Kingdom trawler operators and licence holders are currently engaged in Falkland Island waters:
Berkeley Sound Shipping Company
Caley International Limited
Coalite
Fishing Explorer Limited
International Fisheries Investment Limited
Marr (Falklands) Limited Seaboard Offshore
SPF Atlantic Fishery
Witte-Boyd Holdings
None is at present engaged in South Georgia waters. There is negligible unemployment in the Falkland Islands. British companies are training islanders in fisheries related skills. There is no indigenous population in South Georgia.
The Falklands fishery has created welcome job opportunities for British seamen and others involved in fisheries activity.
UN Security Council Resolution 453
Mr. Cryer: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 8 June, Official Report, column 604, what response has been received from the South African Government to pressure from Her Majesty's Government to agree to the implementation of United Nations Security Council resolution 453.
Mrs. Chalker: South Africa is well aware of our position. It is participating in discussions with the United States, Angola and Cuba on withdrawal of foreign troops from Angola and the implementation of UN Security Council resolution 453 for Namibian independence.
Diplomatic Service
Mr. Wareing: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many serving staff of the diplomatic service in the administrative group were recruited from polytechnics; and what numbers were so recruited in each of the years 1985 to 1987, inclusive.
Mrs. Chalker: None.
Mr. Wareing: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will provide a breakdown of the university degree in terms of subject held by serving staff of the diplomatic service in the administrative group.
Mrs. Chalker: The records are currently subject to a computer modernisation programme. According to present information, serving staff of the diplomatic service in the administrative group hold the following university degrees:
Subject
Anthropology/Archaeology
Classics
English Economics French Geography
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