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TO ROUTINE FCO
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OF 23064OZ MARCH 88
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OUR TELNO 1005: DAYA BAY NUCLEAR POWER STATION
FURTHER TO OUR TUR SIR JACK CATER HAS SPOKEN TO BOTH WONG PO-YAN
(CONVENOR OF THE LEGCO AD HOC GROUP ON THE DAYA BAY PROJECT) AND WANG QUAN-QUO (CHAIRMAN OF THE GNPJVC) IN AN ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN MORE DETAILS OF CHINESE PROPOSALS FOR THE SETTING UP OF THE LONG
AWAITED 'ADVISORY BODY' FOR THE NUCLEAR POWER STATION.
2. WANG CONFIRMED WHAT SIR JACK HAD LEARNT FROM WONG PO-YAN, NAMELY, THAT THE ADVISORY BODY WILL BE SET UNDER THE JOINT VENTURE COMPANY WITH MEMBERS NOMINATED BY THE HONG KONG BRANCH
OF THE NCNA. HE ALSO CONFIRMED THAT THE TERMS OF REFERENCE AND
COMPOSITION OF THE BODY HAVE NOT BEEN FINALIZED AND THAT THIS WILL TAKE TIME TO COMPLETE. AN ANNOUNCEMENT IS THEREFORE UNLIKELY
BEFORE MAY.
3. WANG ALSO THOUGHT THAT WONG PO-YAN WOULD ACCEPT THE CHINESE PROPOSALS, NOTWITHSTANDING THE FACT THAT THESE ARE AT VARIANCE WITH WHAT LEGCO HAD ORIGINALLY PROPOSED. HE DID NOT, HOWEVER,
E LABORATE.
4. UNLESS WE ARE SPECIFICALLY APPROACHED BY EITHER THE AD HOC GROUP OR THE CHINESE, WE DO NOT PROPOSE, AT THIS STAGE, GETTING INVOLVED IN THE EXERCISE. WE WILL, OF COURSE, KEEP YOU INFORMED OF ANY FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS.
FORD
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