WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1986
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HE POINTED OUT THAT IT WOULD BE IN CHINA'S INTEREST TO RE-ASSESS THE ECONOMICAL VIABILITY OF THE SCHEME IN THE LIGHT OF THE TREMENDOUS FALL IN THE COST OF COAL AND NATURAL GAS.
CONCERNING THE LESSONS TO BE LEARNT FROM CHERNOBYL, HE QUOTED THE WORDS OF AN US EXPERT: +THE QUESTION IS WHETHER WE UNDERSTAND OUR REACTORS WELL ENOUGH. +
HE REITERATED THAT IT WOULD BE WISE TO WAIT, SAYING THAT AS MANY DESIGN CHANGES HAD BEEN MADE TO NUCLEAR REACTORS AS A RESULT OF THE THREE MILE ISLAND ACCIDENT, NO DOUBT EVEN MORE DESIGN CHANGES WOULD IN THE NEAR FUTURE BE MADE AS A RESULT OF CHERNOBYL.
THE MOST IMPORTANT SINGLE FACTOR IN THE SUCCESSFUL
1MPLEMENTATION OF THE ONE COUNTRY TWO SYSTEMS POLICY IS THE CONFIDENCE OF HONG KONG PEOPLE THAT THERE IS A FUTURE FOR THEM AFTER 1997- AND THAT CONFIDENCE IS BEING SHAKEN TO ITS VERY FOUNDATION BY THE THOUGHT THAT A NUCLEAR PLANT MAY SOON BE OPERATING SO CLOSE TO THEM, WITHOUT AN ESCAPE ROUTE IN CASE OF A MAJOR MISHAP,+ MR LEE WARNED.
PARTIES CONCERNED SHOULD BE OPEN-MINDED *****
FOR THE SAKE OF THE TERRITORY'S STABILITY AND PROSPERITY, > THE HON LIU LIT-FOR ASKED ALL PARTIES CONCERNED WITH THE DAYA BAY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT PROJECT TO BE OPEN-MINDED IN HANDLING THE ISSUE RATHER THAN MAKING ARBITRARY DECISIONS AND TAKING PREEMPTORY ACTIONS.
SPEAKING IN THE ADJOURNMENT DEBATE ON THE ISSUE TODAY (WEDNESDAY), MR LIU SAID NUCLEAR POWER WAS A SENSITIVE ISSUE IN MANY PLACES AND OVERREACTION BY THE PUBLIC WAS THEREFORE UNAVOIDABLE.
HE SAID HE HOPED THAT CHINA, THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AS WELL AS THE NUCLEAR POWER JOINT VENTURE COMPANY LIMITED WOULD TAKE AN ENLIGHTENED AND OPEN APPROACH TOWARDS SUCH OVERREACTION, MAKING FULL USE OF VARIOUS CHANNELS TO COLLECT VIEWS OF THE PUBLIC AND RESPOND REALISTICALLY AND SPECIFICALLY,
BESIDES. HE CALLED ON THE AUTHORITIES CONCERNED TO ESTABLISH EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION CHANNELS WITH ALL PEOPLE 30 AS TO ALLOW BOTH PARTIES TO EXCHANGE VIEWS, AND THAT MISUNDERSTANDING WOULD NOT BE DEEPENED.
/MR LIU SUGGESTED
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