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WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1986
DATA FROM TECHNICAL ANALYSIS WAS REQUIRED BEFORE THIS
MI SAPPREHENSION COULD BE RECTIFIED.
HE SUGGESTED THAT A COMPARISON OF SUCH DATA WITH DATA FROM THE INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION WOULD SHOW WHETHER HONG KONG WAS SAFE OR UNSAFE, AND WHETHER HONG KONG WOULD BECOME A DEAD CITY+ OVERNIGHT.
PROF POON REMINDED THE COUNCIL OF THE NEED TO DEVELOP NEW ENERGY SOURCES BECAUSE OF THE DEPLETION OF SOURCES OF FOSSIL FUEL IN FUTURE.
+ IF OBJECTIVE
ANALYTICAL RESULTS PROVE NUCLEAR ENERGY TO
BE SUFFICIENTLY SAFE, SHOULD IT BE OBJECTED TO ON EMOTIONAL GROUNDS?+ HE ASKED.
HE ALSO ASKED WHETHER IT WOULD BE MORE ADVISABLE TO DEPEND ON A WELL-TESTED DESIGN OR TO DEPEND ON A TOTALLY NEW, UNTESTED APPROACH IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT NEW NUCLEAR POWER DESIGNS WERE BEING DRAWN UP.
HK PEOPLE HAVE RIGHT TO EXPRESS FEARS *****
HONG KONG PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS THEIR FEARS AND ANXIETIES OVER THE DAYA BAY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, THE HON SZETO WAH SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE OBLIGED TO REFLECT THE SE REAL FEARS AND ANXIETIES, HE SAID DURING THE ADJOURNMENT DEBATE ON HONG KONG AND THE DAYA BAY NUCLEAR POWER PROJECT.
MR SZETO EMPHASISED THAT NO ONE COULD OFFER A 100 PER CENT GUARANTEE THAT THERE WOULD NOT BE ANY DANGER OF AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE AN ACCIDENT WAS SOMETHING UNEXPECTED AND HUMAN FACTORS COULD BE A CAUSE OF ACCIDENT AT ANY TIME.
+WE COULD ACCEPT OR TOLERATE AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING ONE, SEVERAL, A FEW DOZEN, A FEW HUNDRED, OR EVEN A FEW THOUSAND PEOPLE.
+ BUT FOR AN IRREPARABLE AND DESTRUCTIVE DISASTER INVOLVING A FEW MILLION PEOPLE FOR GENERATIONS, NOBODY IS QUALIFIED TO SAY THAT WE SHOULD TAKE THE RISK OF SUCH AN ACCIDENT, OR TO SAY THAT THIS IS SOMETHING ACCEPTABLE AND TOLERABLE, HE SAID.
MR SZETO SAID HONG KONG HAD ESTABLISHED ITSELF AS A PROSPEROUS AND STABLE INTERNATIONAL CITY AND CONFIDENCE WAS RECOVERING AND THE TERRITORY LOOKED FORWARD TO A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR GENERATIONS.
BUT ALL THESE WOULD BE SHAKEN BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DAYA BAY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, OR EVEN DISAPPEAR IN A FLASH IF HONG KONG WERE POLLUTED BY RADIATION, HE WARNED.
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