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8. DO YOU THINK UMELCO'S COMING
VISITS ARE USEFUL? AREN'T THE IRS
DUPLICATING YOURS?
9. CAN YOU TRUST ADVICE BY
HARWELL SINCE THEY ARE
PRO-NUCLEAR AND ARE FROM THE UK
WHICH HAS A VESTED INTEREST ON
THE PROJECT?
10. CAN YOU TRUST FRENCH
ENGINEERS SINCE THEY HAVE A
VESTED INTEREST N SELLING THE
PLANT?
11. HAVE YOU MET DR DAVID WILSON
*HN LONDON AND ASKED HIM TO BRING
UP THE ISSUE AT THE PRESENT ROUND
OF THE JLG MEETINGS? IF NOT, WHY NOT? (DR WILSON WAS QUOTED BY RTHK LAST FRIDAY AS SAYING THAT THE
BRITISH SIDE OF THE JLG WOULD
REFLECT HK GOVERNMENT VIEWS ON THE
PROJECT TO CHINA AT JLG MEETINGS F
SUCH WEWS WERE EXPRESSED TO
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT.)
12. HAVE YOU CONVEYED HK PEOPLE'S
ANXIETIES TO THE BRITISH
GOVERNMENT? WHAT IS THEIR
REACTION?
UMELCO WON'T BE MAKING SUCH
VISITS IF THEY DON'T THINK THEY
ARE USEFUL. NO REASON WHY MORE
PEOPLE SHOULDN'T TRY TO GAMN
FIRST-HAND UNDERSTANDING.
THEY ARE EXPERTS IN THE FIELD AND
ARE PROFESSIONALLY RESPONSIBLE
PEOPLE. WE MUST LOOK AT SCIENTIFIC FACT AND EVIDENCE, NOT AT WHETHER PEOPLE ARE
PRO-SOMETHING OR ANTI-SOMETHING.
(SQUARE BRACKETS BEGIN) SAME AS 9 ABOVE (SQUARE BRACKETS ENDS) AND OF COURSE THEY HAVE AN *INTEREST, BOTH PROFESSIONALLY AND COMMERCIALLY, *N ENSURING
THAT THE PLANT MEETS THE HIGHEST
SAFETY STANDARDS.
(SQUARE BRACKETS BEGIN) NO.
DRD NOT SEE DR WILSON BECAUSE **
# HAD A TIGHT PROGRAMME.
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THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT WAS
FULLY APPRAISED AND THEY FULLY
RECOGNISE THE CONCERN OF HX
PEOPLE AND THE NEED TO REASSURE
THEM OF THE SAFETY OF THE
PROJECT.
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