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YOUR TELNO 2248: DAYA BAY NUCLEAR: FINANCIAL SECRETARY'S SPEECH

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THANK YOU FOR SENDING US THE SPEAKING NOTE, WHICH SEEMS TO US TO BE ON EXACTLY THE RIGHT LINES. WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING MINOR SUGGESTIONS, WHICH YOU MAY WISH TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT:

PARA 1. CLEARLY JACOBS WILL HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING REFLECTING CONCERNS POST CHERNOBYL THAT WILL NO DOUBT BE EXPRESSED IN THE DEBATE: OTHERWISE THE HKG MIGHT BE ACCUSED OF COMPLACENCY. BUT WE WONDER WHETHER THE EXPRESSIONS 'THE WORLD OVER' AND 'AGONIZINGLY DIFFICULT MIGHT NOT BE SLIGHTLY OVER-STATED AND MIGHT IN A SENSE UNNECESSARILY ENDORSE WHAT OPPONENTS OF THE PROJECT WILL BE SAYING.

PARA 7, LAST SENTENCE. THE EXPRESSION 'EXCLUSION ZONE' MIGHT BE MISUNDERSTOOD. WE SUGGEST SOMETHING LIKE 'DAYA BAY IS IN NO WAY UNUSUAL BY INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS AS REGARDS ITS

DISTANCE FROM A POPULATED AREA'.

PARA 10, FIRST SENTENCE. 'NOT IGNORED' IS PERHAPS INSUFFICIENTLY FIRM. WE SUGGEST 'GIVEN FULL AND APPROPRIATE

CONSIDERATION'.

PARA 10, GENERAL. SHOULD THERE PERHAPS BE A REFERENCE TO THE HKG-APPOINTED MEMBERS OF THE HKNIC BOARD? WE WONDER WHETHER

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