Confidential
GRS 350
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO ROUTINE FCO
TELNO 2727
OF 220855Z AUGUST 86
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WEN WE PAO (A LOCAL LEFT-WING NEWSPAPER) REPORTED ON 16 · AUGUST THAT THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND THE CHINESE NUCLEAR SOCIETY WOULD JOINTLY ORGANISE A LARGE SCALE EXHIBITION ON NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY HIN HONG KONG IN MID-SEPTEMBER. THE EXHIBITION WAS NOW UNDER PREPARATION AND THE ORGANISERS WERE ASSISTED BY A NUMBER OF ACADEMIC GROUPS IN HONG KONG. IT WAS UNDERSTOOD THAT THE PEACEFUL USES OF NUCLEAR ENERGY IN CHINA AND, MORE PARTICULARLY, KNOWLEDGE OF NUCLEAR POWER WOULD BE INTRODUCED IN THE EXHIBITION. THE FRENCH FRAMATOME COMPANY WOULD PROVIDE A MODEL AND RELATED INFORMATION ON NUCLEAR POWER FOR THE EXHIBITION.
2. THE PAPER ALSO QUOTED MR. ZHENG HUA, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF NCNA HONG KONG BRANCH AS SAYING THAT THE EXHIBITION ON NUCLEAR ENERGY WOULD BE HELD IN HONG KONG BEFORE MID-SEPTEMBER. THE CHINESE NUCLEAR SOCIETY WAS A CIVILIHAN GROUP COMPRISING NUCLEAR EXPERTS. IN ADDITION TO THE EXHIBITION, THE CHINESE NUCLEAR EXPERTS WOULD ALSO ORGANISE SEMINARS IN HONG KONG.
3. A CNS REPORT OF 21 AUGUST STATED THAT THE HONG KONG PEOPLE HAD GAINED MORE RATIONAL UNDERSTANDING ON SAFETY ASPECTS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY AND THE DAYA BAY PLANT THROUGH INVESTIGATIONS AND SEMINARS HELD IN RECENT MONTHS. IN THIS CONNECTION, THE REPORT NOTED THAT, THE CHINESE AUTHORITMES WERE PREPARED TO SUPPORT SCHHENTIFIC ORGANISATIONS OF MAHINLAND CHINA AND HONG KONG TO HOLD EXHIBITIONS ON NUCLEAR POWER. (FURTHER DETAILS OF THE CNS REPORT TO FOLLOW.)
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