TNAG-0948-FCO40-1167-Effect-of-nuclear-exports-to-China-on-Hong-Kong-Guangdong-nu-1980 — Page 59

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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION

for WRITTEN answer on.....2. June 1980

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The draft reply should reach the Parliamentary Unit through your Under-Secretary by

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NOON IN THURSDAY 29 MAY 80.

Mr Robert Parry (Liverpool, Scotland Exchange): To ask the Lord Privy Seal, what consultations have taken place between the Hong Kong Government and the Peoples' Republic of China concerning the proposed nuclear power plant at Shumchun.

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The China Light and Power Company, which is a Hong Kong

company, is undertaking a joint feasibility study with the Guangdong

electricity authorities into the possible siting and construction of

a nuclear power plant in Guangdong Province in the People's Republic

of China. No decisions have yet been made nor are they expected in

the near future. The company is making use of the technical advice

and expertise of the UK Atomic Energy Authority and the feasibility

study, which will be made available to the Hong Kong Government, will

of course take into account the need for the highest standards of

safety. The Hong Kong Government and the UK Government are in touch

over the study. There have so far been no consultations between

either Government and the Government of the People's Republic of

China.

The Hong Kong Government has machinery to deal with emergen-

cies of all kinds. No specific plans exist in connection with a

nuclear power plant but if the Chinese authorities were to decide

to build one in the vicinity of Hong Kong, such plans would of course

be made.

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