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MR LAI ALSO QUESTIONED WHY THE HONG KONG NUCLEAR INVESTMENT COMPANY CHKNIC) WOULD NOT MAKE A GUARANTEE ON THE 25 PER CENT SHARE OF POWER FROM DAYA BAY. HE SAID THAT THE PRICE OF NUCLEAR POWER WOULD BE CHEAPER THAN COAL FIRE GENERATED ELECTRICITY WHEN THE GUANGDONG NUCLEAR INVESTMENT COMPANY (GNIC) COULD MAKE SUCH A GUARANTEE ON THE 45 PER CENT OF NUCLEAR POWER TO BE SOLD TO HONG KONG.
+EVEN IF THE PRICE OF THE FIRST SIX YEARS' ELECTRICITY SUPPLIED BY GNIC WILL BE GUARANTEED, THE REST OF THE POWER (25 PER CENT) FROM DAYA BAY MAY BE MORE EXPENSIVE THAN COAL FIRED ELECTRICITY,+ HE SAID.
EVEN THOUGH THE PROFIT OF HKNIC WOULD BE IN LINE WITH THE MARGIN ALLOWED UNDER THE SCHEME OF CONTROL, CONSUMERS WOULD STILL SUFFER IF THE COST OF NUCLEAR POWER SHOULD SOAR, MR LAI SAID.
MORE ADVANCED COUNTRIES ABANDONING N-PLANTS
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MORE AND MORE GOVERNMENTS AND COMMUNITIES OF ADVANCED COUNTRIES HAVE GIVEN UP OR SUSPENDED THE USE OF NUCLEAR POWER AS THEY REALISE THE THREAT THAT NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS MAY HAVE ON THE SAFETY OF THEIR PEOPLE AND ON THE ENVIRONMENT.
THIS WAS STATED BY DR THE HON CONRAD LAM WHEN HE SPOKE IN SUPPORT OF THE MOTION ON DAYA BAY IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
+NOW THAT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DAYA BAY PLANT HAS BEGUN, THE ANXIETIES OF THE PUBLIC WILL NOT BE ALLAYED UNLESS THE SAFETY MEASURES AND THE VARIOUS FEASIBLE CONTINGENCY PLANS ARE IMPLEMENTED IN GOOD TIME,+ HE SAID.
DR LAM SAID HE SINCERELY HOPED THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD NOT ADOPT AN ATTITUDE OF ONLY GOOD NEWS AND CONCEAL THE BAD IN THE HANDLING OF THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE DAYA BAY ISSUE IN PARTICULAR THE ECONOMIC AND SAFETY ASPECTS.
HE ADDED THAT THE NEWS OF THE SILENT MAJORITY ON THE DAYA BAY ISSUE SHOULD NOT BE ABUSED BEFORE THEY WERE ACTUALLY AIRED.
DR LAM SAID HE CONSIDERED THAT IT WOULD DO NO GOOD TO ANY PARTY IF THE INTERESTS AND OPINION OF THE HONG KONG PEOPLE WERE NOT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT BY CHINA PROPERLY.
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