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FURTHER TO PARA. 2 OF MY TELNO. 2314, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION
MAY BE OF INTEREST TO YOU
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(4) A LOCAL LEFT WING NEWSPAPER, THE CENTRE DAILY NEWS, IN HITS HEADLINE OF 17 JULY DENIED THAT THE DAYA BAY HSSUE WAS RAISED BY
MR. L KA-SHING, A LEADING BUSINESSMAN IN HONG KONG, WHEN HE MET
MR. DENG XIAOPING IN CHINA ON 20 JUNE. ACCORDING TO THE NEWSPAPER,
THE ANTI-NUCLEAR GROUPS HAD BEEN SPREADING THE RUMOUR THAT MR.
L EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT THE DAYA BAY PROJECT WOULD LEAD TO A
CONFIDENCE CRISIS IN HONG KONG AND ACCORDINGLY SUGGESTED TO MR. DENG
THAT CHINA SHOULD SHELVE THE PROJECT OR TO RELOCATE HT ELSEWHERE.
THE RUMOUR WENT ON SAYING THAT MR. DENG DND AGREE TO RECONSIDER
THE DAYA BAY PROJECT.
(##) A PRESS RELEASE BY AFP DATED 11 JULY REPORTED THAT A LOCAL
LEFT WING MAGAZINE, MIRROR, HAD INDICATED IN HITS LATEST
EDITORIAL THAT CHINA MIGHT CONSIDER CRAPPING THE DAYA BAY PROJECT.
AFP NOTED THAT MIRROR SUGGESTED THAT THE FEARS OF HONG KONG
RESIDENTS SHOULD BE UNDERSTOOD' AND 'RESPECTED'. IT ALSO WARNED
THAT A MINOR NUCLEAR ACCIDENT COULD CAUSE AN EXODUS FROM HONG
KONG AND IT WOULDN'T BE SURPRISING TO SEE THE (LOCAL FINANCIPAL
BAROMETER) HENG SENG INDEX PLUGING BY 1,000 POINTS THEN'.
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