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FM HONG KONG 080300Z AUGUST 80
TO ROUTINE F CO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 986 OF 08 AUGUST
INFO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON
PLEASE PASS FOLLOWING TO DR MARSHALL, UKA E A.
GUANGDONG NUCLEAR PROJECT.
YOU ASK HOW AND WHEN YOU SHOULD GIVE ASSURANCES TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND THE HONG KONG POPULATION ON THE SAFTETY ASPECTS OF THE NUCLEAR POWER STATION PROJECT. THE TWO CHANNELS FOR PRESENTATIONS WOULD BE VIA THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (EPCOM). THE LATTER IS CHAIRED BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND HAS A BROAD REPRESENTATION INCLUDING THE POWER COMPANIES, THE UNIVERSITIES, ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION PRESSURE GROUPS AND INDUSTRY. THIS PRESENTATION WOULD BE FOLLOWED BY A SUITABLE PRESS RELEASE OR PRESS CONFERENCE.
2. THE TIMING OF THE PRESENTATIONS WILL BE A LITTLE PROBLEMATIC. OUR LATEST INFORMATION IS THAT KEC INTEND TO PREPARE AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT FOR THE PROJECT AND THAT THE LATTER IS TO BE SUMITTED TO THE PRC AUTHORITIES FOR APPROVAL. WE WOULD HOPE THAT THE XCO AND EPCOM PRESENTATIONS WOULD FOLLOW SHORTLY AFTER KEC/CLP HAVE FINALISED THEIR FEASIBILITY REPORT WHICH WE UNDERSTAND SHOULD BE BY OCTOBER THIS YEAR. ON THIS BASIS, NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER 1980 WOULD SEEM TO BE A REASONABLE TARGET DATE FOR THE CONFIRMATION THAT THIS TENTATIVE TIMETABLE WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE TO YOU.
3. ON THESE PRESENTATIONS AND OTHER RELATED PR ASPECTS, PRELIMINARY BRIEFING MATERIAL WILL BE PREPARED FOR YOUR VISIT TO HONG KONG ON 21 TO 31 AUGUST. AT THE SAME TIME, ANY BACKGROUND INFORMATION OR GUIDANCE YOU MAY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ON PUBLIC REACTION AND ATTITUDES WE MIGHT EXPECT FROM
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