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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1986
MR CHENG SAID AS FUTURE CONSUMERS THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE ASSURED OF A LEVEL OF TARIFF WHICH WOULD BE COMPETITIVE IN COMPARISON WITH THAT FOR COAL-FIRED ELECTRICITY. AND HE WELCOMED ANY EVIDENCE
ICH MIGHT JUSTIFY THE PRICE ASSESSMENT AT THIS TIME.
COMMENTING ON A PROMISE BY THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES TO RELEASE SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTS IN DUE COURSE, HE SAID THAT ThS REFLECTED AN OPEN AND COOPERATIVE ATTITUDE WHICH LIKEWISE PREVAILED IN OTHER COUNTRIES.
LASTLY, MR CHENG POINTED OUT THAT SAFETY ASSESSMENT AND ECONOMIC REVIEW WERE AN ON-GOING PROCESS FOR A NUCLEAR POWER STATION AND THAT THE REQUEST FOR CONTINUING RELEASE OF RELEVANT DOCUMENTS OF THE DAYA BAY NUCLEAR POWER STATION WOULD PERSIST UNTIL IT HAD BEEN SAFELY COMMISSIONED.
DUTY TO SAFEGUARD PEOPLE'S INTERESTS
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LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS OWE IT TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG TO SAFEGUARD THEIR LONG-TERM INTERESTS, AND TO PRESERVE NOT ONLY THEIR CONFIDENCE BUT ALSO THE TERRITORY'S SOCIAL STABILITY AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY.
THE HON HILTON CHEONG-LEEN SAID THIS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) WHEN SPEAKING ON THE MOTION ON THE DAYA BAY ISSUE.
+UNLESS WE LEGISLATORS ARE SEEN TO BE DOING OUR JOB PROPERLY, ALONG PRAGMATIC AND REALISTIC LINES, WE WILL NOT HAVE THE RESPECT AND SUPPORT OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WHOM WE REPRESENT,+ HE SAID.
IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THE LONG-TERM INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE WERE SUFFICIENTLY SAFEGUARDED, MR CHEONG-LEEN SAID HE MADE THE FOLLOWING SUGGESTIONS:
* THE COUNCIL SHOULD STUDY THE REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE SPECIAL SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY AFTER THE CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR DISASTER TO SEE WHETHER ANY ADDITIONAL SAFEGUARDS ARE APPLICABLE TO THE DAYA BAY PLANT-
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THE COUNCIL SHOULD CONTINUE TO SEEK THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM ADVANCED COUNTRIES IN THE NUCLEAR POWER FIELD-
THE COUNCIL SHOULD START DISCUSSING WITH THE RELEVANT AUTHORITIES THE SETTING UP OF A JOINT NUCLEAR POWER SAFETY AND MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE IN TIME FOR THE START-UP OF THE FIRST REACTOR AT DAYA BAY IN 1992.
A THE GOVERNMENT