OCT 16 '86 12:28 TIBCOOU) HK GOVT
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In another development, the media reported in moderate coverage that a spokesman for the Joint Conference for the Shelving of the Daya Bay Project, Fung Chi-wood, told a press conference yesterday that 2 000 to 3 000 people were expected to attend a mass rally they organised in Morse Park on Sunday.
In a statement yesterday, the HK Journalists Association asked the HK Government and the HKNIC to reveal more information about the Daya Bay project.
ATV-English reported that a Swiss engineering consultancy was offering its service to the Government as an alternative consultancy to the Harwell nuclear consultants. Representatives of the Swiss consultancy firm had met China Light and Government officials to discuss the Daya Bay project.
According to the station, the Swiss company described itself as neutral and independent and its consultants were employed by governments and nuclear companies in 35 countries.
Saturday, October 4: In prominent coverage, the papers reported that the report completed by the Legco fact-finding delegations on their trip to Peking last month was endorsed at a Legco in-house meeting yesterday.
Legco members decided at the meeting to set up an ad hoc group to continue monitoring the Daya Bay project. Thirteen Legco members had so far expressed that they would like to join the ad hoc group.
A group of 176 Christians placed an advertisement in the HK Economic Journal today, reiterating their call for the shelving of the Daya Bay project.
They called on the public to continue expressing their wishes despite the Daya Bay contracts had been signed. They believed that a responsible government should head public opinion.
Sunday, October 5; Tin Tin Daily News today published results of a survey it conducted between July 17 and September 17 on the Daya Bay issue, which showed that 63 per cent of the 34 618 respondents were not in favour of building the nuclear plant.
The survey also showed that 29.6 per cent of the respondent's supported the project while 7.4 per cent reserved their view on the nuclear plant.
The paper said 75 per cent of the respondents were not satisfied with the guarantee on the safety of the plant.
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