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OF HONG KONG INTO A FRENZY OF FEAR. TWO HARDCORE CRITICS, MR. MARTIN LEE AND MR. SZETO WAH, ALSO TOUCHED ON THE CURRENT ANT- NUCLEAR MOVEMENT. NEVERTHELESS, THEY CONSIDERED IT HRRELEVANT TO CONSIDER WHETHER SOME PEOPLE WERE MAKING POLITICAL CAPITAL OUT OF THE ISSUE BECAUSE IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT THE GENERAL MAJORITY *IN HONG KONG YAD A GENUINE FEAR AND THAT THEY HAD NO POLITICAL

AMB TON WHATSOEVER.

5. NOT ALL UNOFFICIAL WERE AGAINST NUCLEAR POWER. AT LEAST S**X MEMBERS INCLUDING DR. DANIEL TSE, MISS MARHA TAM, PROFESSOR C.K. POON, MR. NGA SHU-KINT, MR. POON CHIFA, AND MR. WONG PO-YAN CONCEDED THAT NUCLEAR POWER DEVELOPMENT WAS A NATURAL TREND. NEVERTHELESS, THE MAJORITY OF THE UNOFFICIALS QUERNED

WHETHER IT WAS THIMELY TO PROCEED WITH THE PROJECT. MR. HILTON CHEUNG-LEEN, DR. CHIU HIN-KWONG, MR. HU YIN-FAT, MR. YEUNG PO-KWAN, MRS. RINZA FAN AND MR. ALLEN LEE SHARED THE VIEW THAT THE AUTHORIT HES

CONCERNED SHOULD RECONSIDER THE DESIRABILITY OF THE PROJECT. FOUR MEMBERS, DR. RICHARD LAN, MRS. ROSANNA TAM, MR. CHUNG PULAM AND MR. POON CHI-FAN SUGGESTED THAT THE PROJECT SHOULD BE SHELVED

TEMPORARILY TO ALLOW SOME TIME FOR THE HONG KONG PEOPLE TO COOL OFF AND TO STUDY THE SAFETY ASPECTS MORE CLOSELY. MR. MARTIN LEE WENT

EVEN A STEP FURTHER BY SAYING THAT THE CHINESE LEADERS SHOULD

DECIDE NOT (NOT) TO GO AHEAD WITH THE PROJECT WHEN HONG KONG'S

GENUPNE FEARS AND ANXIETIES WERE ACCURATELY REFLECTED TO THEM.

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6. THE RELEASE OF INFORMATION RELATING TO THE DAYA BAY PROJECT

WAS PICKED UP BY 12 UNOFFICIALS INCLUDING DR. CHU HIN-KWONG, MR. HO SAK-CHU, MR. CHEUNG HON-KWAN, MINSS MARIHA TAM, MR. TAM YU-CHUNG, MR. HUN YN-FAH, PROFESSOR C.K. POON, MR. LU LINT-FOR,

MR. MARTIN LEE, MRS. RUTA FAN, MRS. ROSANNA TAM AND MR. NGAIH

SHIU-KIT. THEY IN PARTICULAR URGED FOR THE EARLY RELEASE OF THE

FEASBILITY STUDY CONDUCTED BY GPC AND CLP IN 1980 AND THE HARWELL REPORTS. IN THIS CONNECTION, SIX MEMBERS (MR. UNU LINT-FOR, DR. CONRAD LAM, MR. YEUNG PO-KWAN, MR. ALLEN LEE, MR. POON CHI-FAMI

AND MR. NGA SHU-KIIT) ADVOCATED THE NEED FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION. TO THINS END, MR. UHU UNT-FOR SUGGESTED THAT AN AD HOC GROUP SHOULD BE SET UP UNDER LEGCO WHILE MR. ALLEN LEE PROPOSED THAT A DEPARTMENT

OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED.

7. MISS MARIA TAM, AS THE CONVENER OF THE UMELCO STANDING PANEL ON PUBLIC UTILITIES, MENTIONED THAT TWO UMELCO FACT-FINDING DELEGATIONS WOULD VISIT US AND EUROPE AN AUGUST. TWELVE OF HER COLLEAGUES MADE POSITIVE REMARKS ON THESE DELEGATRONS, THEY WERE MR. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN, DR. CHI HIN-KWONG, DR. DANIEL TSE,

MR, HAHU YOHN-FAT, PROFESSOR C.K. POON, MR. PANG CHUN-HOP, MR KEKOM CHAM, MR. YEUNG PO-KWAN, MRS. RITA FAN, MR. ALLEN LEE, MR. CHUNG

PULLAM. MR. WONG PO-YAN AND MR. NGAI SHIMU-KIBT. MR. MARTIN LEE

HOWEVER CRITICISED THAT THE SENDING OF THE LEGCO DELEGATIONS

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