Guangdong Nuclear Investment partner of this Joint Venture is really a figurehead or puppet owning 75% nominal shares. This becomes evident when the Guangdong Nuclear Investment partner refused to guarantee cheap electricity in the subsequent negotiations.
The close business link between Lord Kadoorie and GEC of Britain is well known and well documented. The intimacy between the British nuclear industry and the ruling party of Great Britain is also an open fact, just as the unmistakable relationship between the British coalminers' union (and other labour unions) and the Labour party.
3/. You said "we are glad that China will have received the UMELCO delegation before the contracts were to be signed". We must point out the worthlessness of this assuring remark for the following reasons
A. None of these 11 members in the "fact-finding" mission have had any working knowledge of nuclear power plants.
B. They spent a total length of 6 days in 5 different countries( U.S.A., England, France, Austria, Japan) travelling, checking in and checking out of hotels, taking meals, changing clothes, and collecting reports and pamphlets issued by nuclear businessmen. (see enclosed newspaper clipping ) It reads like the rundown of a wine commercial.
See the enclosed pages
from the "Report of the Legco Fact-finding Delegations on Nuclear Power Generation"
C. They concocted a report consisting of over 100 observations
D Together with Allen lee and Maria Tam, Chiu Hin Kwong etc. Your Majesty's servant Sir Edward Youde opposed the motion that called for the holding of a special debate on the issue before the signing of the Daya contracts. The Legislative Council is thus denied even one flimsy chance of an open debate. The entire Hong Kong public is denied
consultation.
any
E After the UMELCO report was made available to the public on the 7th September, the public was deadlined to express its opinions by the 13th of September (6 working days only). While
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