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YOUR TELNO. 663 : DAYA BAY NUCLEAR POWER STATION
THE RECENT DISCLOSURE ON CHINA'S INTENTION TO SET UP AN ADVISORY
BODY IN HONG KONG ON DAYA BAY WAS MADE BY LI HOU. SPEAKING TO REPORTERS IN GUANGZHOU, WHERE HE WAS ATTENDING A CO-ORDINATING GROUP MEETING OF THE BLDC, LI IS QUOTED TO HAVE SAID THAT THE MINISTRY OF
NUCLEAR INDUSTRY WOULD ASK THE JOINT VENTURE COMPANY TO SET UP THE ADVISORY BODY AND THAT AN ANNOUNCEMENT WOULD BE MADE IN MAY.
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2. APART FROM INDICATING THAT LOCAL EXPERTS ON NUCLEAR POWER WOULD BE INVITED, BY THE NCNA, TO SIT ON THE ADVISORY BODY LI PROVIDED NEITHER DETAIL ONTHE ENVISAGED COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE NOR ON ITS TERMS OF REFERENCE. WHEN ASKED FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, LI REPORTEDLY DECLINED TO ELABORATE, STATING THAT HE WAS NOT IN CHARGE
OF NUCLEAR AFFAIRS.
3. WONG PO-YAN ALSO ATTENDED THE BLDC MEETING. HIS COMMENTS, AS REPORTED IN GIST GENERALLY ECHO THOSE MADE BY LI. HOWEVER, IF WONG PO-YAN IS ABLE TO PROVIDE US WITH ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE BODY, THEN WE WILL REPORT THIS TO YOU.
4. FINALLY, FOR YOUR INFORMATION, THERE IS NO SUBSTANCE TO THE REPORT, MADE IN THE HK ECONOMIC JOURNAL, ALSO REPORTED IN THE SAME GIST, THAT THERE WOULD BE A YEAR'S DELAY IN THE COMMISSIONING OF THE DAYA BAY PLANT. IN A STATEMENT ISSUED ON THE SAME DAY, THE JOINT VENTURE COMPANY REJECTED THIS REPORT AS COMPLETELY UNFOUNDED.
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