SEP 05 '86 13:48 TIBCOOU) HK GOVT
The two papers quoted Dr Lam as saying that since China was determined to implement the "one country, two systems" plan, it was now the best opportunity to show its determination by listening to HK people's views to either move the plant to a site further away from HK or to change it into a coal-fired power station.
The Oriental Daily News quoted Wan Shek-lun of the Conservancy Association as saying that some Legco members were planning to invoke the Powers and Privileges Ordinance to press the Government to release more information about Daya Bay because information collected by the two Legco delegations from their overseas visits was not comprehensive enough.
In a front-page report, Sing Tao quoted sources as saying that more than 10 Legco members were considering invoking the powers ordinance. Legco member Martin Lee, just back from a holiday in the United States, said last night he had heard nothing about the plan.
Another Legco member, Pang Chun-hoi, said it was the duty of every Legco member to press the Government to release all relevant information. However, fellow Legco member Lee Yu-tai told the paper that he was not in favour of invoking the powers ordinance unless there was no other way.
The South China Morning Post said the idea of using the powers ordinance came from Martin Lee, and other Legco members contacted by the Post on Sunday night said they supported the plan.
Sing Pao, quoting e source familiar with Chinese official thinking, said that as 70 per cent of the electricity from the Daya Bay plant would be used in HK, it was very unlikely that the plant would be moved elsewhere. However, China would ensure that the East River water would not be contaminated.
In an interview with Ming Pao, Deputy Secretary for Economic Services Canice Mak said that anti-nuclear sentiments would help the launching of a nuclear education programme here early next year.
According to TVB and some papers, Dr Kenneth Young of the Chinese University told a seminar yesterday that the US nuclear academy believed that a nuclear accident similar to the one at Chernobyl would not happen at the Daya Bay plant.
Dr Young also doubted the likelihood of any radiation leak serious enough to cause extensive casualty in HK.
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