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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1986

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ASSURANCES ON OPERATIONAL DETAILS SOUGHT

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ASSURANCES MUST BE GIVEN THAT ALL INFORMATION ABOUT THE DAILY OPERATION OF THE DAYA BAY PLANT WILL BE MADE PUBLIC, THE HON HUI YIN-FAT SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

SPEAKING ON THE DAYA BAY MOTION, MR HUI SAID SUCH ASSURANCES WOULD ENSURE THAT THOSE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING THE PLANT WOULD NOT HOLD BACK ANY INFORMATION WHICH THEY CONSIDERED AS NOT TOO IMPORTANT UNDER THE PRETEXT OF UPHOLDING +PUBLIC

INTEREST+.

HE NOTED THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAD REPEATEDLY STRESSED THAT ONE REASON FOR BUILDING THE DAYA BAY PLANT WAS TO INTRODUCE NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY INTO CHINA SO AS TO PROMOTE THE FOUR MODERNISATIONS PROGRAMMES.

+HOWEVER, IT IS DOUBTFUL WHETHER THE COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY INSTALLATIONS AND REGULATIONS CAN PLAY A USEFUL ROLE IN PROTECTING THE PLANT WHEN EAGER SCIENTISTS CONDUCT EXPERIMENTS IN THEIR QUEST FOR KNOWLEDGE,+ HE SAID.

HE SAID THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES AND THE GUANGDONG NUCLEAR POWER JOINT VENTURE COMPANY SHOULD PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THIS POINT.

MR HUI ALSO SAID THAT ALTHOUGH THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY WOULD INSTALL SPECIAL INSTRUMENTS TO DETECT RADIATION, IT WAS NOT KNOWN WHAT ACTION THE GOVERNMENT WOULD TAKE TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC WHEN THE RADIATION LEVEL ABOVE THE SAFETY STANDARD WAS DETECTED IN HONG KONG.

HE HOPED THAT THE HARWELL CONSULTANCY REPORT COMMISSIONED BY THE GOVERNMENT WOULD MAKE DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS ON THIS.

DISCLOSE FULL INFORMATION ON DAYA BAY

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FULL AND COMPLETE DISCLOSURE OF ALL RELEVANT INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SAFETY AND TARIFF OF THE DAYA BAY PLANT MUST BE MADE FORTHWITH, THE HON RICHARD LAI SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE MOTION ON DAYA BAY, MR LAI SAID THE PROPOSED PLANT HAD ALREADY EXACTED ITS TOLL IN POLARISING THE COMMUNITY AND TO SOME EXTENT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

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