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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1986

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AD HOC MONITORING A SENSIBLE MOVE

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SETTING UP A LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AD HOC GROUP TO CONTINUE MONITORING ALL ASPECTS OF THE DAYA BAY PROJECT WAS DESCRIBED AS A SENSIBLE MOVE BY THE HON CHAN YING-LUN IN THE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

SPEAKING IN THE DEBATE ON THE DAYA BAY MOTION, MR CHAN SAID HE BELIEVED ALL THE SPEAKERS AIMED AT SAFEGUARDING THE INTERESTS OF HONG KONG PEOPLE.

DIFFERENT PEOPLE WOULD ADOPT DIFFERENT ACTIONS. HOWEVER, HE THOUGHT THE COUNCIL'S FACT-FINDING DELEGATIONS HAD BEEN PRAGMATIC, AND HE FULLY SUPPORTED THEIR CONCRETE RECOMMENDATIONS

MR CHAN ALSO SAID HE BELIEVED THE GOVERNMENT HAD TRIED ITS BEST SINCE 1983 TO SAFEGUARD THE PEOPLE'S INTERESTS AND ALSO TO ENSURE THAT ELECTRICITY TARIFF WAS STABLE.

BUT THE GOVERNMENT DID HAVE A DUTY THAT IT COULD NOT SHIRK IN EXPLAINING TO THE PEOPLE ALL DETAILS ABOUT THE DAYA BAY PROJECT IN ORDER TO UPHOLD ITS IMAGE OF TRUSTWORTHINESS AND RELIABILITY.

PROMOTE PUBLIC EDUCATION ON NUCLEAR POWER CALL

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THE GOVERNMENT AND THE ORGANISATIONS CONCERNED SHOULD TAKE AN ACTIVE LEAD IN PROMOTING PUBLIC EDUCATION ON NUCLEAR POWER.

THE CALL WAS MADE BY THE HON PAULINE NG WHEN SHE SPOKE ON THE DAYA BAY MOTION IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY),

SHE SAID THAT THE ANXIETY OF HONG KONG PEOPLE OVER THE SAFETY OF THE DAYA BAY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT WAS UNDERSTANDABLE.

+UNLIKE PEOPLE OF OTHER COUNTRIES, WHO ARE PROVIDED WITH ADEQUATE INFORMATION ABOUT NUCLEAR POWER BY THEIR GOVERNMENTS AND POWER COMPANIES AND ARE THUS ABLE TO HOLD WELL-INFORMED DISCUSSIONS ON NUCLEAR SAFETY, THE HONG KONG PUBLIC LACKS SUCH INFORMATION,+ SHE SAID.

MRS NG SAID SHE FELT THIS WAS UNFAIR TO THE PEOPLE AND SUGGESTED THAT THE GOVERNMENT AND ORGANISATIONS CONCERNED SHOULD ACTIVELY PROMOTE PUBLIC EDUCATION ON NUCLEAR POWER.

REFERRING TO ARRANGEMENTS MADE CONCERNING THE PURCHASE OF ELECTRICITY FROM THE PLANT, MRS NG SAID SHE HOPED AN ASSURANCE COULD BE GIVEN THAT AS LONG AS ELECTRICITY WAS SUPPLIED BY THE PLANT, THE TARIFF CHARGEABLE TO HONG KONG CONSUMERS WOULD BE NO HIGHER THAN THE PRICE OF ELECTRICITY SUPPLIED BY THE TWO LOCAL POWER COMPANIES.

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