TNAG-1504-FCO40-2062-Guangdong-nuclear-power-station-project-at-Daya-Bay-safety-c-1986 — Page 132

SEP 05 '86 15:00 TIBCOOU) HK GOVT

Speaking to reporters in Xiamen, NCNA HK branch director Xu Jiatun described the split of public opinion in HK over the Daya Bay issue as a temporary phenomenon. He said it was not a bad thing for everyone to examine the issue in depth.

The SCM Post quoted the Guangdong Nuclear Power Joint Venture Company's general manager, Zan Yunlong, as confirming that major contracts for the supply of equipment to the Daya Bay nuclear power plant were likely to be signed between September 11 and 20. The contracts would then be handed over to the State Council for final endorsement, expected to be completed by September 25.

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The Standard said China would not have a complete picture of the safety aspects of the Daya Bay nuclear plant until late 1988 - than two years after the equipment supply contracts for the installation were signed. Vice-director of the Chinese Nuclear Safety Administration said the mainland experts would finish their analysis of

a French safety assessment on the project by November 1988.

The paper said the Wide Angle Press, a pro-China publisher, would put on sale 10,000 copies of a booklet titled "300 questions about nuclear energy" at $25 a copy later this week.

Wen Wei Po urged the public to adopt a scientific attitude in discussing the Daya Bay issue.

Ching Po said that anti-nuclear activists should not ask HK to pull out from the project because HK could never play a monitoring role if it was not involved in the project.

Yu Kam-yin of the HK Economic Journal said that many reporters of a local Chinese-language newspaper had resigned not only because of low pay but because the management had asked them to play down anti-nuclear stories.

Tuesday, August 26: Prominent media reports quoted Umelco member Allen Lee as saying that members of the Legco delegations that visited the United States and Europe would meet today to finalise their report, which was expected to be made public at the weekend.

Quoting sources, ATV and some papers reported that the Legco report would recommend certain safety features at the Daya Bay plant.

In a long interview with the HK Economic Journal published today, Allen Lee described as ludicrous suggestions that Legco meet to pass a resolution opposing the construction of the Daya Bay plant. He said the decision rested with China.

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