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FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1986
HE ADDED: +THE FRENCH ATOMIC ENERGY PROGRAMME IS OF COURSE A VERY WELL ESTABLISHED PROGRAMME AND THE KIND OF REACTORS WHICH THEY USED AND THE KIND OF STATIONS WHICH THEY BUILT ARE VERY WELL TESTED AND WIDELY USED IN FRANCE.
+SO I THINK THAT THAT PART OF IT IS IN WELL EXPERIENCED AND EXPERT HANDS, HE SAID.
ASKED WHETHER IN THE LIGHT OF THE SOVIET ACCIDENT THERE SHOULD BE A NEED FOR INTENSIFIED SAFETY PRECAUTIONS AT DAYA BAY, SIR EDWARD SAID IT WAS NOT GOING TO BE A QUESTION FOR ONLY DAYA BAY.
HE SAID: +I THINK WHEN THIS KIND OF THING HAPPENS, THE WHOLE OF THE WORLD'S NUCLEAR INDUSTRY WILL BE SEEING WHETHER THERE ARE ANY LESSONS TO BE LEARNED,
+DAYA BAY IS OF COURSE ONLY ONE OF VERY MANY ATOMIC POWER PLANTS AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY A NUMBER OF COUNTRIES HAVE ASKED FOR A LOT MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE SOVIET UNION IS THAT THEY WANT TO SEE WHETHER THERE ARE ANY LESSONS TO BE LEARNED IN RELATION TO THE SAFETY OF NUCLEAR PLANTS.+
AND THAT WAS ON A WORLD-WIDE BASIS RATHER THAN ON THE BASIS OF JUST HONG KONG, SIR EDWARD ADDED,
DEALING WITH OTHER QUESTIONS, SIR EDWARD DISCOUNTED A SUGGESTION THAT NEW RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENTS FOR CIVIL SERVANTS WOULD LEAD TO A BRAIN DRAIN.
HE SAID WHAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD LOOKED AT WAS THE PROMOTION AND MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE THROUGH THE CIVIL SERVICE, +WE WANT TO USE THE EXPERIENCE OF EXPERIENCED PEOPLE, AND ALSO TO PROVIDE THE KIND OF PROMOTION OPPORTUNITIES WHICH WILL ENCOURAGE THOSE COMING BEHIND.
ON THE WHOLE, SIR EDWARD SAID THE SYSTEM BEING USED NOW WILL ENSURE THAT HONG KONG HAS A HIGHLY EFFICIENT CIVIL SERVICE.+
THE GOVERNOR STRESSED THAT THE SERVICES OF THE EXPATRIATE ELEMENT WERE VERY HIGHLY VALUED, AND THAT THERE WAS A GOOD ROLE FOR THEM TO PLAY IN THE CIVIL SERVICE, BOTH NOW AND IN THE FUTURE.
HE ADDED THAT HONG KONG HAD A VERY GOOD SUPPLY OF HIGHLY TALENTED CIVIL SERVANTS AMONG BOTH HONG KONG CHINESE AND YOUNGER EXPATRIATES.
ASKED WHETHER HE WOULD BE VISITING JAPAN LATER THIS MONTH, SIR EDWARD SAID HE WOULD BE ATTENDING A BUSINESS COMMITTEE MEETING THERE.
/RE NOTED