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MOLIAN 720
OBSERVATORY AND GUANGDONG NUCLEAR POWER STATION AND THE GUANGDONG GOVERNMENT OF RADIOLOGICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND METEOROLOGICAL DATA AT ALL TIMES: AND
D) THE REGULAR SUPPLY TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OF INFORMATION ON THE ENGINEERING CONDITIONS AT THE PLANT, WITH PARTICULAR RESPECT TO THE TWO NUCLEAR REACTORS.
4.
IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT THAT EFFECTIVE ARRANGEMENTS ARE IN PLACE FOR THE MONITORING AND CONTROL OF ALL FOODSTUFFS, LIVESTOCK AND WATER EXPORTED TO HONG KONG TO ENSURE THAT IT IS ALL UP TO ACCEPTED STANDARDS FOR CONSUMPTION AND TO FACILITATE REPATRIATION TO CHINA OF ANY SHIPMENTS THAT ARE NOT UP TO STANDARD. HOWEVER, WE ARE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS IN THIS AREA.
5. WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND AN INVITATION TO CHEN, OR THE DIRECTOR OF NUCLEAR SAFETY IN HIS OFFICE WANG FA, TO COME TO HONG KONG FOR FURTHER DIRECT BRIEFING BY OUR EXPERTS HERE AND RELEVANT SITE VISITS. THIS MAY ASSIST THEM IN UNDERSTANDING OUR PROBLEMS. I WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF THE AMBASSADOR WOULD PASS THIS INVITATION ON. IF EITHER CAN COME TO HONG KONG BEFORE THE TALKS THIS MONTH, SO MUCH THE BETTER.
6.
I HOPE UKMIS VIENNA CAN ALSO EMPHASISE TO THE CHINESE
DIRECTOR HOW SERIOUSLY WE VIEW THE CURRENT SITUATION, AND SAY THAT WE WILL RAISE IT FORMALLY IN THE NEXT BOARD MEETING IN JUNE
IF IT IS NOT RESOLVED BY MAY. I HOPE THIS MAY MAKE THE CHINESE SIT UP, SINCE I UNDERSTAND THEY WISH TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE MORE NUCLEAR POWER STATIONS AND WILL REQUIRE FOREIGN EXPERTISE AND INVESTMENT. THERE SHOULD BE AN INCENTIVE FOR THEM TO ENSURE
THAT THEIR FIRST MAJOR PROJECT IS SEEN TO BE ON A GOOD FOOTING IN WORLD TERMS.
7.
IF WE DO NOT GET A CLEAR AND SUBSTANTIVE SIGNAL WHEN THE EXPERT TALKS START, I HOPE MINISTERS WILL CALL IN THE CHINESE AMBASSADOR. CONTINUATION OF THIS CLASSIC SORT OF COMMUNIST STATE SECRECY IS JUST NOT ACCEPTABLE. CONCERN OVER THE SAFETY ARRANGEMENTS AT DAYA BAY RANKS SECOND ONLY TO CONCERN OVER 1997 IN HONG KONG.
8.
WE ARE ALSO PRESSING CHINA LIGHT AND POWER TO DO MORE TO
HELP RESOLVE THIS IMPASSE. THEY HAVE BEEN DOING SOME LOBBYING OF WANG FA AND THE GUANGDONG AUTHORITIES. BUT THEIR EFFORTS HAVE NOT BEEN VERY WHOLE-HEARTED. THE CHIEF SECRETARY IS NOW TAKING THE
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