**ལྷུངས་སྐལྡན། གཡད་མའི་ཀུ:Eptyu
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Sunday, June 8: China Light chairman Lord Kadoorie said that his company participated in the Daya Bay project. through the purchase of electricity from the plant and that safety measures were the responsibility of the Chinese authorities, the media reported.
Monday, June 9: The press gave good coverage to a series of activities organised by a coalition of 37 community groups against the construction of a nuclear plant at. Daya Bay. Speakers at a forum at the Mariners' Club in Tsim Sha Tsui were critical of China, the HK Government and China Light. Lord Kadoorie was criticised for saying that safety measures at Daya Bay were China's responsibility. After the forum, about 100 people marched to the Star Ferry to launch a signature campaign.
Two articles in Ming Pao's Op-Ed page expressed opposition to the Daya Bay nuclear power project. A Chinese University assistant. researcher, Kwok Chin, compared refusal to publish information about the Daya Bay project with the way the Government withheld information about potentially hazardous installations on Tsing Yi Island. The other letter, written by a former Royal Observatory officer and now a post-graduate student at a Georgia polytechnic, said the people of HK could influence China Light's participation in the project.
Tuesday, June 10: A Student counselling centre would conduct an opinion survey this week to find out people's attitude towards the construction of a nuclear power plant at Daya Bay, Wah Kiu Yat Po and Sing Tao Jih Pao reported.
According to Sing Tao, Regional Councillor Tsang Kwong-yuen asked China and HK to halt the Daya Bay project immediately. Eastern DB member Lai Shiu-lam felt that the Daya Bay plant should not be scrapped just because of the Chernobyl accident. However, he said there must be adequate safety measures. An evacuation plan should also be drawn up, he added.
Editorially, Wah Kiu Yat Po and the Express commented on the risks posed by a nuclear plant at Daya Bay. Wah Kiu asked that a site far removed from HK be considered for the project. The Express suggested that the Daya Bay site be used for a conventional power plant so that the site formation work there would not be wasted. Sing Tao Wan Pao agreed with suggestions that the Daya Bay site be used to build a conventional power plant while another site far removed from HK be found for the nuclear project.
Wednesday, June 11: The Express said in an editorial that it was an
irony that while the French, suppliers of the Daya Bay plant, had decided to shelve their nuclear power projects, the Daya Bay plant was still to go ahead.
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