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THE FOLLOWING PRESS RELEAST ISSUED IN HONG KONG ON 11 SEPTEMBER CONTAINS FURTHER DETAILS ON THE NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY EXHIBITION
**CHINA IS TO HOLD ITS FIRST NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY EXHIATION HERE STARTING FRIDAY IN A BID TO FAMILPARIZE LOCAL PEOPLE WITH THE COST
EFFICIENCY OF NUCLEAR ENERGY.
BUT ANTI-NUCLEAR GROUPS HERE SAY IT AIMS TO ALLAY HONG KONG'S
NUCLEAR FEARS ARISING FROM PEKING'S PLAN TO BUILT A NUCLEAR POWER
PLANT IN DAYA BAY, ABOUT 50 KILOMETRES (30 MILES) NORTHEAST OF THIS
BRITISH COLONY.
THE EXHIBITION IS ORGANIZED BY CHINESE NUCLEAR SOCIETY TOGETHER WITH
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THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY.
THE ORGANISERS SAND THE EXHIBITION AND SEMINARS WITH 14 SPEAKERS FROM CHINA WOULD HIGHLIGHT THE PRACTICAL BENEFITS DERIVED FROM
NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY OVER THE PAST TWO DECADES, BUT HAD NOTHING TO DO
WITH THE DAYA BAY NUCLEAR PROJECT.
HOWEVER, THEY SAID THE EXHIBITION WOULD SHOW MODES, CHARTS AND PICTURES OF THE DAYA BAY NUCLEAR PLANT, INCLUDING THE APPLICATION
OF ISOTOPE AND RADIATION TECHNIQUES AND THE UTILIZATHON OF
NUCLEAR ENERGY.
A 26-MEMBER DELEGATION OF CHINESE NUCLEAR EXPERTS ARRIVED HERE
SUNDAY FROM CHINA TO PUT UP THE SHOW WHICH IS TO RUN FROM FRIDAY TO
SEPTEMBER 26.
LU GUANGY, SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE CHINESE NUCLEAR SOCIETY AND
HEAD OF THE DELEGATION, TOLD REPORTERS ON ARRIVAL THAT HONG KONG
PEOPLE'S WORRIES OVER THE DAYA BAY PLANT WERE MAINLY DUE TO THEIR
NADEQUATE KNOWLEDGE OF NUCLEAR POWER.''
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