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PRESS COVERAGE: VISIT OF HU YAOBANG
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WE HAVE NOW SEEN A TRANSCRIPT OF THE PRESS CONFERNCE WHICH
HU GAVE ON 11 JUNE. WITH APOLOGIES FOR THE DELAY, THE FOLLOWING ARE
EXTRACTS CONCERNING HONG KONG :
11 JUNE:
Q.
MR GENERAL SECRETARY, FOLLOWING THE CHERNOBYL INCIDENT THE PEOPLE IN HONG KONG ARE GETTING MORE AND MORE ANXIOUS AND CONCERNED ABOUT THE BUILDING OF A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN DAYA
BAY WHICH IS ONLY 50 KM FROM HONG KONG. IN FACT THERE WAS SOME
DEMONSTRATION AND PROTEST IN THE COLONY DURING THE WEEKEND. MR HU, IN VIEW OF THE GENERAL CONCERN WILL THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT THINK ABOUT DELAYING CONSTRUCTION OR MOVING IT FURTHER FROM HONG
KONG? THANK YOU.
A.
LI PENG: FOLLOWING THE CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR
ACCIDENT IN THE SOVIET UNION LIKE OTHER COUNTRIES
IN THE WORLD CHINA HAS ALSO BEEN GREATLY CONCERNED
ABOUT IT. THE TECHNOLOGY WE ARE NOW ADOPTING IS TOTALLY
DIFFERENT THAN THAT OF THE CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER STATION IN THE
SOVIET UNION. THERE IS A GUARANTEE OF THE SAFETY OF THE NUCLEAR
TECHNOLOGY IN QUESTION BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN IN OPERATION FOR QUITE
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