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TELEGRAM NUMBER 1712 OF 11 NOVEMBER 1983
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ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES WASHINGTON, NEW YORK, BRUSSELS AND GENEVA
FUTURE OF HONG KONG: PRESS COVERAGE.
MR. PETER WALKER'S PRESS CONFERENCE ON SINO-BRITISH COOPERATION ON ENERGY MATTERS AND THE GUANGDONG NUCLEAR PROJECT IN
PARTICULAR WAS THE MAJOR STORY IN ALL SECTIONS OF THE PRESS TODAY.
2. THE COMMUNIST PRESS GAVE PARTICULAR PROMINENCE TO THE WIDE SCOPE FOR CO-OPERATION BETWEEN BRITAIN AND CHINA ON ENERGY MATTERS AND STRESSED THAT HONG KONG WOULD PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THIS RELATIONSHIP. EDITORIALS IN BOTH WEN WE PO AND THE NEW EVENING POST STRESSED THE BENEFITS TO BOTH HONG KONG AND GUANGDONG OF THE PROPOSED NUCLEAR PROJECT IN DAYA BAY. NEW EVENING POST DESCRIBED THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT'S DECISION TO TAKE PART IN THE PROJECT AS QUOTE FORESIGHTED AND TIMELY. UNQUOTE THE PAPER SAW THE DAWIN OF A NEW ERA IN HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC
COOPERATION WITH GUANGDONG.
3. WHILST THE INDEPENDENT PRESS HAVE ALSO REACTED GENERALLY FAVOURABLY, THEY HAVE ALSO REPORTED OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED
NUCLEAR PROJECT FROM THE JOINT ORGANISATION FOR THE CONCERN OF
NUCLEAR ENERGY IN HONG KONG.
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