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SAFETY EXHIBITION TO BE HELD IN HONG KONG, IT WAS SAND THAT THE

AGENCY HAD BEEN ARRANGING (OR ASSISTED AN ARRANGING) FOR DISTRICT

BOARD MEMBERS AND OTHER LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS TO DAYA BAY.

THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION HAD JUST VISITED DAYA BAY, AND ARRANGEMENTS

WERE BEING MADE FOR THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD TO VISIT DAYA BAY

ON 16 AUGUST. IT WAS ALSO SAND THAT NCNA OFFICIALS HAD APPROACHED VARIOUS COMMUNITY LEADERS AND PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS TO HMPRESS UPON THEM THAT THE DAYA BAY PLANT WOULD BE SAFE. INDEED SOME COMMUNITY LEADERS WERE REPORTED TO HAVE SHIFTED TO A MORE OBJECTIVE

STAND EMITHER BECAUSE THEY WERE CONVINCED THAT CHINA WAS DOING

THER BEST TO ENSURE THAT THE DAYA BAY PROJECT WOULD BE SAFE OR BECAUSE THEY DID NOT WANT TO UPSET CHINA WHO APPEARED TO BE DETERMINED TO GO AHEAD WITH THE PROJECT. INDEED, THE MEDIA REPORTED THAT THE SENIOR OFFICIALS OF JVC TOLD THE CHNIC ASSOCIATION DELEGATION TO DAYA BAY THAT JVC WOULD SIGN CONTRACTS

ON DAYA BAY PLANT WITH THE FRENCH AND BRITISH COMPANIES IN THE

MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER AS SCHEDULED. JVC HOPED THE CONTRACTS WOULD BE OFFICIALLY APPROVED BY PEKING ON 7 OCTOBER SO THAT THE ENTIRE

PROJECT COULD PROCEED BY THEN,

9. WE ARE ARRANGING FOR A SUMMARY OF MEDIA REPORTS COVERING THE PERIOD BETWEEN 31 JULY AND 6 AUGUST TO BE FAXED TO YOU AND PARIS,

THE DISTRICT OFFICERS WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORTS FOR THE SAME

PERHOD HAVE BEEN SENT TO YOU, PEKING AND PARIS BY BAG.

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