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SHE SAID SHE DID NOT THINK IT WAS OBJECTIVE AND REASONABLE TO AGGRAVATE THE CONCERN OF LOCAL PEOPLE IN SUCH A WAY BEFORE SUFFICIENT INFORMATION HAD BEEN PROVIDED.
FURTHERMORE, SHE QUESTIONED IF IT WAS PROPER FOR SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS TO ENCOURAGE PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS TO SUPPORT SIGNATURE CAMPAIGNS OPPOSING THE PLANT.
PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS WERE AT ONLY AN EARLY STAGE OF LEARNING, AND HOW COULD THEY HAVE ANY PROPER KNOWLEDGE ABOUT A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, SHE ASKED.
SHE DOUBTED IF THERE WAS ANY MEANING IN SECURING THEIR SIGNATURES IN SUCH A WAY.
HOWEVER, SHE PRAISED SOME LOCAL NEWSPAPERS FOR PRODUCING FEATURE ARTICLES IN ADDITION TO THEIR NEWS COVERAGE ON DAYA BAY. SHE DESCRIBED IT AS AN UNBIASED AND OBJECTIVE MANNER OF PRESENTING INFORMATION ON THE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT.
+THIS IS THE GENUINE WAY TO HELP THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM, I HOPE THE PRESS WILL CONTINUE THEIR WORK IN THIS RESPECT, SO AS TO PREVENT THE PUBLIC FROM BEING INFLUENCED BY BIASED INFORMATION AND TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO ANALYSE AND JUDGE THIS MATTER WITH A RATIONAL AND COOL ATTITUDE, SHE SAID.
MRS FAN SUPPORTED THE LEGCO FACT-FINDING VISITS TO THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE, AND SAID THE REPORT OF THE DELEGATIONS SHOULD BE MADE PUBLIC.
IN THE INTEREST OF HONG KONG PEOPLE, SHE HOPED THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD FORWARD THE REPORT TO THE CHINESE AND BRITISH AUTHORITIES.
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INDEPENDENT NUCLEAR INSPECTORATE PROPOSED
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AN INDEPENDENT NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS INSPECTORATE HAS BEEN SUGGESTED TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE DAYA BAY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT THROUGHOUT ITS LIFE SPAN,
MAKING THE SUGGESTION, THE HON CHENG HON-KWAN SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT PERMANENT ON-GOING SUPERVISION AND MONITORING WAS VITAL DESPITE THE INTENSIVE TRAINING TO BE GIVEN TO OPERATING STAFF AND THE CONTINUED INVOLVEMENT OF THE FRENCH FRAMATONE COMPANY IN THE OPERATION OF THE PLANT DURING THE FIRST 10 YEARS.
SPEAKING AT THE ADJOURNMENT DEBATE ON THE SUBJECT IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR CHENG ALSO STRESSED THAT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND THE GUANGDONG NUCLEAR POWER JOINT VENTURE COMPANY HAD A DUTY TO ALLAY THE UNDERSTANDABLE FEARS OF HONG KONG RESIDENTS, AND CALLED FOR THE PUBLIC RELEASE OF:
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