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2 J7 1986
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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
TELNO.164
OF 2103OOZ JULY 86
IFFO IMMEDIATE FCO, BTC HONG KONG, PARMS, UKMIS VIENNA
YOUR TELNO 1246)
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FURTHER TO PARA. 2 OF MY TELNO. 2314, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION
MAY BE OF INTEREST TO YOU
(1) A LOCAL LEFT WING NEWSPAPER, THE CENTRE DAILY NEWS, IN ITS HEADLINE OF 17 JULY DENIED THAT THE DAYA BAY #SSUE WAS RAISED BY MR. LI 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. LI 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 MT ELSEWHERE. THE RUMOUR WENT ON SAYING THAT MR. DENG DID AGREE TO RECONSIDER
THE DAYA BAY PROJECT.
(FR) A PRESS RELEASE BY AFP DATED 11 JULY REPORTED THAT A LOCAL LEFT WING MAGAZINE, MIRROR, HAD INDICATED IN ITS 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 FT WOULDN'T BE SURPRISING TO SEE THE (LOCAL FINANCIAL BAROMETER) HENG SENG INDEX PLUGING BY 1,000 POINTS THEN'.
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