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DAYA BAY NUCLEAR POWER STATION

Tels.

Another issue of major public

concern to

the

people of Hong Kong in 1986 was the proposed construction

of a nuclear power station at Daya Bay, in the Guangdong

Province of the People's Republic of China, some 50

kilometers from Hong Kong.

a

The power station will be built and operated by

venture

company

in formed

1985

following

an

joint

agreement between the Guangdong Nuclear Investment Company (wholly owned by the Chinese Ministry of Nuclear Industry)

and the Hong Kong Nuclear Investment Company (wholly owned

by the China Light & Power Company of Hong Kong). The

participation of the

the China Light & Power Company in the

project

by the Hong Kong Government

following an evaluation of the options for meeting Hong

Kong's anticipated future demand for electricity and some

six

supported was

years

of detailed

feasibility,

on negotiations

construction, operation and

the project's

management

and

financing arrangements.

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