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A LONG TIME. IN FACT THIS TECHNOLOGY IS WIDELY USED IN EUROPEAN

NUCLEAR POWER STATIONS. YOU MAY KNOW THAT 70 PER CENT OF FRENCH

NUCLEAR POWER STATIONS HAVE THIS TECHNOLOGY. HOWEVER THIS DOES

NOT MEAN WE DO NOT ATTACH IMPORTANCE TO THIS QUESTION. ON THE

CONTRARY WE ARE GOING TO ADOPT A SERIES OF STRONG MEASURES TO

ENSURE THE SAFETY RIGHT FROM THE DESIGN STAGE, THROUGH TO THE

INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS OF THE NUCLEAR POWER STATIONS. AS

RIGHTLY REPORTED IN THE PRESS THIS QUESTION WAS COVERED IN THE

TALKS WE HELD WITH PRIME MINISTER THATCHER, THEREFORE WE HAVE NOT

SEEN THE NECESSITY TO DELAY OR POSTPONE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS

NUCLEAR POWER STATION AS SOME PEOPLE HAVE SUGGESTED.

OR CHANGE THE SITE OF THE NUCLEAR POWER STATION. HOWEVER

WE ARE READY TO ENTER INTO EXTENSIVE INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

REGARDING THE QUESTION OF SAFEGUARDS OF NUCLEAR SAFETY.

Q.

THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT AGREEMENT ON THE FUTURE OF HONG

KONG WAS SIGNED BY BOTH THE CHINESE AND BRITISH GOVERNMENTS OVER

ONE YEAR AGO, HOW DO YOU MR GENERAL SECRETARY ASSESS THE PROGRESS

AND EFFORT OF THE COMMITMENT OF BOTH GOVERNMENTS AND WHAT ARE

EXPECTED TO BE THE NEXT MOVES?

A.

I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MR ZHOU NAN, AN EXPERT ON HONG KONG

AFFAIRS TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION.

ZHOU NAN:

IN THE PAST YEAR SINCE THE SIGNING OF THE (JOINT)

SINO-BRITISH DECLARATION ON HONG KONG THE AGREEMENT HAS BEEN ON

THE WHOLE IMPLEMENTED SATISFACTORILY THANKS TO THE JOINT EFFORTS

OF BOTH SIDES. THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT LIAISON GROUP ESTABLISHED

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE JOINT DECLARATION HAS MET THREE TIMES AND

DISCUSSED MATTERS AND REACHED AGREEMENT IN THESE MATTERS.

THE SINO-BRITISH LAND COMMISSION COMMITTEE HAS MET FOR

9(?) SESSIONS AND MUCH PROGRESS HAS ALSO BEEN MADE IN THIS WORK.

THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT IS DETERMINED TO FULLY IMPLEMENT

THE SINO-BRITISH DECLARATION TO THE LETTER AND IT IS OUR BELIEF

THAT THIS CONVICTION OF OURS IS SHARED BY THE BRITISH

GOVERNMENT.

WE HAVE EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THE SINO-BRITI SH

JOINT DECLARATION WILL BE THOROUGHLY EXECUTED. THANK YOU. HOWE.

HONG KONG AGREEMENT: RESTRICTED

LIMITED

HD/HKD

HD/FED

RESEARCH DEPT (FE) DEP/HD/PUSD

PS/MR RENTON

MR WILSON

SIR W MARDING.

COPIES TO:

MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS

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