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THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1986

HE SAID +IT'S SORT OF A NON-STOP, VERY INTENSIVE PROGRAMME. THEY'VE TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE, FOR AND AGAINST, AND A LOT OF EXPERTS, ESPECIALLY IN VIENNA WHERE THEY TALKED TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE AT THE CENTRE OF THE WORLD'S INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY.

+SO, ARMED WITH THAT INFORMATION AND WITH ALL THE BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS AND SO ON THAT THEY BROUGHT BACK, I THINK WE'LL FIND THAT WHEN THEY MAKE THEIR REPORTS, THEY WILL HAVE SOMETHING WHICH IS EXTREMELY VALUABLE FOR US.+

ASKED WHETHER THERE WAS ANY PLAN TO CHANNEL THE REPORTS TO THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES, SIR DAVID SAID HE BELIEVED THAT THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE OF THE BUILDING OF THE DAYA BAY NUCLEAR PLANT WOULD TAKE NOTICE OF THESE REPORTS WHICH WOULD BECOME PUBLIC DOCUMENTS.

+I SHOULD THINK THEY WILL BE EXTREMELY INTERESTED IN THEM AS WELL...

. AS WELL AS THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG,+ HE ADDED.

ON WHETHER THE REPORTS SHOULD BE PUBLISHED BEFORE THE CONTRACTS FOR THE NUCLEAR PLANT WERE FINALISED, SIR DAVID SAID HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE TIMING FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE REPORTS WAS.

HOWEVER, HE ADDED THAT THE UMELCO GROUPS WERE WORKING TO GET THEIR REPORTS OUT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. +SO LET US WAIT AND SEE HOW THE TIMING DEVELOPS OVER THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO.+

ASKED TO COMMENT ON LEAKS OF THE HARWELL REPORTS, SIR DAVID SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS ALWAYS CONCERNED ABOUT LEAKS.

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+AS YOU KNOW IT'S NOT CONFINED TO THE HARWELL REPORTS. ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE LEAKS,+ HE SAID, ADDING THAT THE LEAKS ON THE HARWELL REPORTS ONLY REFLECTED THE SITUATION OF SEVERAL MONTHS AGO AND NOT AN UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION.

ON HIS VISIT TO KWUN TONG, SIR DAVID SAID THE RECENT CHOLERA CASES HAD IN FACT ALERTED US ALL IN THE COMMUNITY, THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PUBLIC, TO THE PROBLEMS OF ILLEGAL FOOD HAWKING, TO THE PROBLEMS OF THIS VERY LARGE FACTORY AREA HERE, THE NEED TO PROVIDE EXTRA FACILITIES, THE NEED TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN FOOD HYGIENE, AND ALSO THE NEED FOR CONTINUED ENFORCEMENT ACTION, HE SAID.

HE ADDED THAT THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT WAS TAKING ACTION AGAINST THE ILLEGAL FOOD HAWKERS ALTHOUGH IT WAS A NEVER-ENDING PROBLEM.

HOWEVER, SIR DAVID SAID IT WAS INTERESTING TO NOTE THE CHANGE IN THE EATING HABIT WITH FOOD BOXES AND THE GROWING NUMBER OF FACTORY CANTEENS IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO.

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