SEP 05 '86 15:13 TIBCOOLD HK GOVT
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The chairman of the HK Nuclear Investment Company, William Stones, said in a statement issued yesterday that the report was "rational and thoughtful." His company would give serious consideration to the proposals on safety aspects.
Legco Unofficial Chan Ying-lun said the report had removed his worries and he saw no need for a special Legco debate on the Daya Bay issue.
Chinese University lecturer Tso Wung-wai said the report was very comprehensive and some of the suggestions constructive.
HKU lecturer Victor Sit felt that it was a reasonable request for the inclusion of HK people in an independent body to monitor the plant's operation.
In other developments, HKU lecturer Peter Harris told Radio-3 that he saw no conflicts between the two roles of the Governor as being Executive Councillor as well as president of Legco. Those who thought that such a conflict would lead to constitutional crises were fundamentally confusing legal and political matters.
Ming Pao, Wah Kiu yat Po and the Express reported that the HK Policy Viewers yesterday asked for a special Legco sitting to debate the Daya bay issue before related contracts were signed. The group also asked the Government to make public the Lazard Brothers report.
The Director of Electrical and Mechanical Services, Graham Osborne, gave a long interview to ta Kung Pao in which he said that even if there were a serious accident at Daya Bay, the chances of radiation being released would be very low and that people living in the vicinity would not necessarily be affected.
In the English papers, the Post reported that Martin Lee has been warned to cool his public demand for a second debate on Daya Bay for fear of jeopardising HK's relationship with China. In a broadside delivered by members of the HK Branch of Justice, he was told to quieten down considerably on the Daya Bay issue. But the secretary of the HK Bar Association lent support to Mr Lee's call for a review of the role of the Governor in Legco, revealing the matter had been debated by BLCC members.
The Post and the Standard said Legco members will back the demand for a special session to discuss Daya Bay, but on condition that it is in the form of an adjournment debate instead of formally debating a motion.
The Standard editorial said Umelco membars are in a position to press for full disclosure of all the relevant studies on Daya Bay. This they should be doing even as they insist on a full debate.
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