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MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1991
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TURNING TO THE RESETTLEMENT OF REPUGEES, HE SAID IN 1991, OVER
AND LEFT HONG KONG FOR NEW HOMES IN WESTERN COUNTRIES 4,400 HAVE FURTHER 2,000 HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED TO BATAAN TO AWAIT RESETTLEMENT THERE.
THIS HAD RESULTED IN A GRADUAL REDUCTION IN THE OVERALL SIZE OF THE CAMP POPULATION, FROM 64,300 IN OCTOBER TO JUST UNDER 60,000 TODAY, REPRESENTING A DROP OF OVER 4,000 IN THREE MONTHS.
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"THIS IS A TREND WHICH WE EXPECT TO SEE ACCELERATE DURING COURSE OF 1992, HE SAID.
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GOVT WORKING GROUP SET UP TO HANDLE NUCLEAR INCIDENTS
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MULTI-DISCIPLINE DEPARTMENTAL WORKING GROUP HAS BEEN SET UP UNDER THE AFGIS OF THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT - (EMSD) AS PART OF THE CONTINGENCY PLAN ESTABLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT IN THE EVENT OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANT INCIDENTS.
ADDRESSING A FORUM ON "SAFETY ISSUES OF NEW PRESSURIZED WATER REACTOR (PWR) NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS" TODAY (MONDAY), THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES, MR KWOK PING-KI, SAID THE CONTINGENCY PLAN WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT WHICH MIGHT BB ACTIVATED IN THE EVENT OF ANY INCIDENTS OCCURRING AT THE GUANGDONG NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN DAYA BAY WHICH MAY AFFECT HONG KONG.
THE FORUM WAS ORGANISED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.
MR KWOK SAID THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE PLAN IS TO PROTECT PEOPLE IN HONG KONG FROM THE EFFECTS OF SUCH INCIDENTS BECAUSE OF PROXIMITY OF THE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT TO THE TERRITORY.
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MR KWOK NOTED THAT AS ONE OF THE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED IN THE CONTINGENCY PLAN, THE ROLE OF THE EMSD WAS TO MONITOR
THE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY SITUATION IN HONG KONG AND TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ADVICE TO THE GOVERNMENT ON THE ENGINEERING ASPECTS OF THE NUCLEAR PLANT AT THE OCCURRENCE OF SUCH INCIDENTS.
HE SAID THE MULTI-DISCIPLINE DEPARTMENTAL WORKING GROUP HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED BY HIS DEPARTMENT IN ORDER TO DISCHARGE THESE DUTIES.
CONSISTING OF 15 ENGINEERS WHO ARE OF ELECTRICAL, ELECTRONIC, BUILDING SERVICES AND MECHANICAL DISCIPLINES, MR KWOK SAID THE CURRENT ACTIVITIES OF THE WORKING GROUP INCLUDED:
COLLECTING AND STUDYING INFORMATION ABOUT PWR IN GENERAL AND ABOUT THE DAYA BAY PLANT IN PARTICULAR;
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