WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1986
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WORKING GROUP TO PURSUE PROMISES
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THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL HAS SET UP A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT WORKING GROUP TO PURSUE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROMISES MADE BY THE CHINESE AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENTS OVER THE DAYA BAY PROJECT.
SPEAKING ON THE DAYA BAY MOTION IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY), THE HON MARIA TAM SAID THAT THE SPECIAL WORKING GROUP WAS FORMED TO FOLLOW UP THE WORK OF THE FACT FINDING DELEGATIONS OF WHICH SHE WAS A LEADER.
SHE SAW THE TASK OF THIS GROUP AS +TO KEEP VIGIL+ ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ALL MEASURES PROMISED BY THE CHINESE AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENTS TO ENSURE THAT THE LONG-TERM INTEREST OF LOCAL PEOPLE WAS PROTECTED.
REFERRING TO THE VISIT TO PEKING IN SEPTEMBER, MISS TAM RECALLED THAT THE VICE MINISTER FOR NUCLEAR INDUSTRY, MR ZHOU PING, AND THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL NUCLEAR SAFETY
ADMINISTRATION OF CHINA, MR ZHANG YUMAN, HAD ASSURED DELEGATION MEMBERS THAT THE DAYA BAY PLANT WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED, MANAGED AND OPERATED UP TO INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS AND OPENED TO SCRUTINY BY THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY.
A VICE PREMIER, MR LI PENG, HAD ALSO PROMISED THAT AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON NUCLEAR SAFETY AND REGULATIONS WOULD BE SET UP WITH HONG KONG PARTICIPATION.
MISS TAM SAID: +THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MEASURE IN SECURING AND SUSTAINING THE LONG-TERM CONFIDENCE OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG OVER THE DAYA BAY NUCLEAR PLANT AND MUST BE PURSUED WITH VIGOUR ON BOTH SIDES TO ENSURE THAT THE QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF THE HONG KONG MEMBERSHIP COULD MAKE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE DECISIONS OF THIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE WHICH MUST OPERATE AT A LEVEL THAT COULD REACH THE VICE PREMIER'S EARS.+
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TURNING TO THE ROLE OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT, MISS TAM SAID THE GOVERNMENT PROMISED TO DO ITS UTMOST TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION ON THE NINE OBSERVATIONS THAT THE FACT FINDING DELEGATIONS ADDRESSED TO IT.
SHE POINTED OUT THAT CROSS-BOUNDARY ARRANGEMENTS TO MONITOR RADIOACTIVITY AT DAYA BAY AND THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AND CO-ORDINATION OF CONTINGENCY PLANS REQUIRED JOINT EFFORTS FROM BOTH THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND THE GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL AUTHORITIES.
+ IT MUST NOW BE THE TIME TO HEAR THE DETAILS OF THE ACTION THE GOVERNMENT WILL TAKE TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE POPULATION IN HONG KONG IN THE YEARS TO COME, SHE SAID.
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