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YOUR TELNO 190: GUANGDONG NUCLEAR POWER STATION AT DAYA BAY.
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I REMAIN EXTREMELY CONCERNED THAT UNLESS GOOD PROGRESS IS MADE IN THE EXPERT TALKS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE BETWEEN 18 AND 22 MARCH AND GOOD CROSS BORDER ARRANGEMENTS ARE PUT IN PLACE BEFORE MAY, WHEN FUEL LOADING BEGINS, THERE WILL BE MAJOR POLITICAL AND PUBLIC RELATIONS PROBLEMS.
2. NOT SURPRISINGLY, LEGCO ARE NOW FOCUSING ON THIS ISSUE. ON 25 FEBRUARY, A PANEL WHICH DEALS WITH THIS ISSUE TOLD THE ADMINISTRATION THAT THEY EXPECT ARRANGEMENTS TO BE IN PLACE BY LATE APRIL. THIS IS NO UNREASONABLE.
3. WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED BY CHINA LIGHT AND POWER THAT THE OFFICE OF THE NUCLEAR STEERING COMMITTEE (AND THE STATE NUCLEAR POWER ACCIDENT EMERGENCY COMMITTEE) OF THE STATE COUNCIL ARE
INVOLVED IN CO-ORDINATING THE DECISION ON THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION WHICH WILL BE GIVEN TO HONG KONG. THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE IS CHEN ZENG QIAN. I WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL IF THE AMBASSADOR WOULD APPROACH CHEN IN ADVANCE OF THE MARCH EXPERT
TALKS MEETING TO EMPHASISE MY CONCERN. THE KEY POINTS FOR US ARE THAT, BEFORE MAY, SATISFACTORY ARRANGEMENTS MUST BE PUT IN
PLACE FOR:
A> THE PROMPT AND DIRECT NOTIFICATION OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT BY THE GUANGDONG NUCLEAR POWER STATION AND THE GUANGDONG GOVERNMENT OF ANY STANDBY, PLANT, ON-SITE OR OFF-SITE EMERGENCY SITUATIONS OR ANY OTHER INCIDENTS THAT MIGHT GIVE RISE
TO RUMOURS AND PUBLIC CONCERN:
B) PERMANENT, DIRECT AND EFFICIENT COMMUNICATION LINKS FOR THIS PURPOSE, AND FOR DISCUSSION AND EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION MORE GENERALLY:
C) TWO WAY EXCHANGE BY COMPUTER BETWEEN THE ROYAL
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