A LEVEL OF THE SAME IMPORTANCE.'' HE STRESSED THAT CHINA ATTACHED
GREAT IMPORTANCE TO KEEPING ITS WORD AND ABIDING BY CONTRACTS. THE
PROJECT WOULD PLAY A POSITIVE POLE IN DEVELOPING GUANGDONG'S ENERGY
AND MAINTAINING HONG KONG'S PROSPERITY AND STABILITY, HE SAID HE
UNDERSTOOD WORRIES OF THE HONG KONG PUBLIC AFTER THE CHERNOBYL INCIDENT, BUT BELIEVED THESE WORRIES WOULD PROGRESSIVELY DIMINISH. ALLEN LEE RAISED THE SUBJECT OF A PROPOSAL TO ESTABLISH A
NON-GOVERNMENTAL MUCLEAR POWER SAFETY ADVISORY GROUP WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF HONG KONG PEOPLE. LI RESPONDED WE HOLD A POSITIVE ATTITUDE TO TH ESTABLISHMENT OF SUCH A GROUP. LI SAID THAT CHINA HAD SENT ITS MINISTER OF NUCLEAR INDUSTRY JIANG XINXIONG TO THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE IAEA EXAMINING TWO CONVENTIONS: ONE ON PROMET
INFORMATION ABOUT NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS AND THE OTHER ON MERGENCY AID FOR NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS. HE SAID THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS THESE TWO CONVENTIONS WAS POSITIVE. JI PENGFEI OSTED A BANQUET FOR THE GROUP ON 20 SEPTEMBER.
6. A REPORT IN THE OVERSEAS PEOPLE'S DAILY OF 22 SEPTEMBER GAVE
MORE DETAIL ON THE GROUP'S DISCUSSIONS WITH THE MUCLEAR ENERGY
RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT GINGHUA UNIVERSITY. THE INSTITUTE DIRECTOR,
WANG DAZHONG, SAID THAT PERSONNEL FOR DAYA BAY WOULD BE TRAINED AT
THE INSTITUTE. DESMOND LEE YU-TAI SAID THAT AFTER THIS VISIT HE FELT
THAT CHINA'S NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY WOULD REASSURE PEOPLE. FEW PEOPLE IN
HONG KONG UNDERSTOOD THE NUCLEAR POWER STATION, INCLUDING HIMSELF
BEFORE THIS VISIT, HONG KONG PEOPLE'S WORKIES WERE GENUINELY FELT,
SIMPLY REPEATING PROPAGANDA WOULD NOT ALLAY THEM. HE HOPED THAT HONG
KONG PEOPLE COULD PARTICIPATE IN THE ADVISORY GROUP. ALLEN LEE SAID
THAT WHAT HAD STRUCK HIM MOST ABOUT HIS VISIT WAS THE AMOUNT OF
PREPARATORY WORK CHINA HAD DONE IN NUCLEAR ENERGY, IN PAPTICULAR FOR
THE DAYA BAY NUCLEAR POWER STATION. HE CONSIDERED THAT EVEN MORE
HONG KONG PEOPLE SHOULD VISIT THE NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
IN ORDER TO GAIN A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF THE LEVEL OF NUCLEAR
TECHNOLOGY IN CHINA.
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