TNAG-1498-FCO40-2056-Guangdong-nuclear-power-station-project-at-Daya-Bay-safety-c-1986 — Page 92

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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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