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CONFIDENTIAL

FM HONG KONG

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 3419

OF 17044OZ OCTOBER 86

INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, PARIS

TOP COPY O DIST 7

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27 JCT 1986

YOUR TELNO. 1738: DAYA BAY : NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY

XHIBITION

AS PROMISED IN PARA. 9 OF OUR TELNO. 3077 WE SET OUT BELOW

A FULL REPORT ON THE NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY EXHIBITION.

2. THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE EXHIBITION WAS OFFICIATED BY

MR. H.M.G. FORSGATE, MR. T.K. ANN, MR. LU GUANG-YI AND PROFESSOR

Y.W. CHAN IN THE AFTERNOON OF 12 SEPTEMBER. MR. XU JIATUN ALSO

ATTENDED THE CEREMONY. HIS REMARKS THAT THE DAYA BAY ISSUE WOULD

NOT AFFECT HONG KONG PEOPLE'S CONFIDENCE RECEIVED PROMINENT PRESS COVERAGE.

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THE NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY EXHIBITION WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR

13 AND 26 SEPTEMBER. IT WAS LATER EXTENDED TO 28 SEPTEMBER. THE

EXHIBITION WAS HELD AT THE EXHIBITION HALL AT STAR HOUSE,

TSIMSHATSUI ON KOWLOON. THERE WERE TWO ORGANISERS NAMELY: THE

HONG KONG ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

AND THE CHIMESE MUCLEAR SOCIETY. THEY RECEIVED SUPPORT FROM A

TOTAL OF FIVE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL GROUPS AND 34 INDIVIDUAL

SPONSORS.

4.

OVER 100 EXHIBITS, INCLUDING PHOTOGRAPHS, MODELS AND SAMPLES

WERE DISPLAYED. THE EXHIBITS WERE DESCRIBED IN SIMPLIFIED CHINESE

CHARACTERS. THEY FOCUSED ON THE PRACTICAL BENEFITS OF NUCLEAR

TECHNOLOGY AS WELL AS THE DESIGN OF THE DAYA BAY NUCLEAR POWER

PLANT. SOME POST-GRADUATE STUDENTS AND A NUMBER OF CHINESE

NUCLEAR EXPERTS WERE THERE TO EXPLAIN THE EXHIBITS TO THE VISITORS.

A SEMINAR ON A NUCLEAR-RELATED TOPIC WAS HELD EVERY EVENING AND

LOCAL ACADEMICS AND CHINESE EXPERTS WERE INVITED TO BE SPEAKERS.

IN ADDITION, MOVIES ON NUCLEAR ENERGY WERE SCREENED IN THE MORNINGS

AND SOME 20 FILMS ON NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY WERE MADE AVAILABLE FOR

LOAN TO GROUPS AND ORGANISATIONS.

5. THREE LEAFLETS WERE MADE AVAILABLE TO VISITORS FREE OF CHARGE. THESE LEAFLETS INTRODUCED THE EXHIBITION (IN CHINESE), THE DAYA BAY MUCLEAR POWER PLANT (IN CHINESE) AND SOME FIGURES ABOUT NUCLEAR

POWER PLANTS (IN BOTH CHINESE AND ENGLISH). TWO INFORMATION BOOKLETS COMPILED BY THE CHINESE NUCLEAR SOCIETY WERE PUT ON SALE AT

2 DOLLARS EACH. ONE OF THEM WAS A RESOURCE BOOK ON THE EXHIBITION.

IT CONTAINED A TOTAL OF 16 TECHNICAL PAPERS. EXCEPT THE TWO

PAPERS ON RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTIONS AND UTILIZATION OF NUCLEAR ENERGY

WHICH WERE PRINTED IN BOTH ENGLISH AND CHINESE, THE REMAINING ONES

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