AUG 18 '86 14:56 TIB(OOU) HK GOVT
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He stressed that the development of nuclear energy was unavoidable.
The general manager of Shell Company suggested that in view of the controversy surrounding the project, China could use the Daya Bay site for the construction of a natural-gas fired power plant, Radio-3 and Sing Pao reported.
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This could end the controversy and also save face for China, he
The Oriental Daily News reported that HK delegate to the CPPCC Xu Si-min visited a French nuclear power station recently which was included in the itinerary of a Legco delegation's study mission. Mr Xu said there was no evacuation plan for areas 10 kilometres away from the power station.
In a separate report, the paper said 28 industrial accidents, in which no radioactivity was involved, occurred at this station last year.
Centre Daily New columnist Lai Chap-see said the anti-nuclear lobby was suffering a setback as more and more people in the technological field came out in support of the construction of the Daya Bay nuclear plant.
Economic Journal columnist Lau Wing-hung defended the move to involve primary school children in the anti-nuclear signature campaign. He asked why school children could not be involved in matters which would affect them.
Writing in his column in Wen Wei Po, Sze Chusian asked why western countries continued to build nuclear power plants if such plants were uneconomical.
Friday, August 1: China would announce this autumn the abandonment of the Daya Bay nuclear project and its replacement by a coal-fired power plant, Sing Tao Jih Pao's London correspondent reported.
Quoting British industry sources, the paper said that site work already undertaken would not be wasted if a decision was taken to go for a coal-fired power plant.
Radio-l quoted sources close to the NCNA as saying that the NCNA would not want to see opposition to and support for the Daya Bay project develop into a confrontation, affecting the territory's stability.
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