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INFO IMMEDIATE FCO, PARIS, BRUSSELS, UKMIS VIENNA
NUCLEAR SAFETY CHINA: LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL DELEGATION TO THE
USA AND JAPAN
IN VIEW OF THE PUBLIC CONCERN OVER THE SAFETY ASPECT OF THE
PROPOSED DAYA BAY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT AFTER THE CHERNOBYL INCIDENT,
THE HONG KONG UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ARE
PLANNING TO SEND TWO DELEGATIONS, ONE OF THEM TO EUROPE AND OTHER TO THE USA AND JAPAN. AN APPROACH HAS THEREFORE BEEN MADE TO THE
JAPANESE CONSULATE IN HONG KONG TO SEEK THEIR ASSISTANCE IN MAKING
THE NECESSARY ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE VISIT PROGRAMME. WE HAVE ALSO
BEEN REQUESTED TO ASSIST IN EXPEDITING THE ARRANGEMENTS.
2. THE DELEGATION TO JAPAN WILL PROBABLY COMPRISE SIX LEGCO MEMBERS (MR ALLEN LEE, MRS PAULINE NG, MR HỌ SAI CHU, MR CHỊU HINKWONG, MR RICHARD LAH AND MR LEE YU-TA). THEY WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY MR K.C. LAU, AN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER. THE ARRANGEMENTS ARE THAT
FOUR OF THE MEMBERS ACCOMPANIED BY MR K.C. LAU WILL VISIT USA FIRST.
ON RETURN THEY WILL DEPART USA ON FLIGHT UA 801 AND ARRIVE AT
TOKYO AT 1905 ON 10 AUGUST. THEY WILL THEN BE JOINED BY THE OTHER
TWO MEMBERS WHO WILL FLY DIRECT FROM HONG KONG ON FLIGHT UA 800
AND ARRIVE AT TOKYO AT 1650 ON THE SAME DAY. THE DELEGATION WOULD
LIKE TO STAY IN JAPAN FOR 2 TO 3 DAYS.
3. DURING THEIR STAY IN JAPAN, MEMBERS OF THE DELEGATION WISH TO
VISIT A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT WITH A PRESSURISED WATER TYPE
REACTOR SITUATED WITHIN A SHORT DISTANCE OF A DENSELY POPULATED
AREA (PREFERABLY THE PLANT IS ABOUT 50 KILOMETRES AWAY FROM A
POPULATION OF FIVE MILLION). THEY WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HAVE MEETINGS
WITH THE OFFICIALS OF THE NATIONAL NUCLEAR LICENSING/REGULATORY
AUTHORITIES AND THE REPRESENTATIVES OF A MUNICIPAL COUNCIL/RESIDENTS'
ASSOCIATION WHO LIVE IN THE PROXIMITY TO A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT.
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