TNAG-1505-FCO40-2063-Guangdong-nuclear-power-station-project-at-Daya-Bay-safety-c-1986 — Page 233

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SEP 18 '86 11:29 TIBCOOU) HK GOVT

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She would ask the British experts to visit HK first before compiling the Harwell Phase II report on the safety of the Daya Bay project. She hoped to invite some British nuclear experts to HK to explain nuclear energy to HK people.

The station quoted her as saying that she would ask the British Government to strengthen its co-operation with the Chinese Government on matters related to the safety of the Daya Bay project.

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The SCM Post reported in its front page that Allen Lee had charged that Dr Richard Lat had done 'great disservice" to HK people and was unfit to be a member of Legco. Mr Lee also claimed that Dr Lai did not have the discipline to be on the council.

The paper reported that the main contracts for the Daya Bay plant

are likely to be including equipment supply and loan agreements signed in Peking on September 23. Quoting sources, the paper said it was originally planned to have the contracts concluded on or before September 20, but this was re-scheduled in deference to the Legoo missions which are visiting Peking from September 17 to 21.

The HK Standard reported that findings of a recent opinion poll suggest that fewer people are now completely opposed to the Daya Bay nuclear power plant project, but that the majority still have reservations.

Speaking on ATV-E's "Newsline", Martin Lee alleged that the Government had never allowed a free vote at the Legco in-house meeting last Wednesday and that Legco was in fact a Government party.

He argued that when the letter from Sir David Akers-Jones was read out at the meating, the Governor had appeared in person through an agent and addressed the Unofficials. The Governor had no place in the Legco in-house meeting, he stressed.

He believed that China had invited the Legco missions to Peking because Chincec leaders liked their report. It also showed that Chinese leaders just wanted to hear particular views which happened to coincide with their own stand.

The Daya Bay issue had reflected that HK people still did not trust China and were not satisfied with the way China handled public uplaión, political commentator T.L.Teim said on Radio-l's 'HK Reat."

While agreeing that China had its reasono to develop nuclear energy, Mr Tsim said China should not build a nuclear plant near important cities such as Peking, Shanghai or HK.

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