HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
16 July 1986
1615
We do feel that direct information will be the most helpful to Members of this Council. Certainly the Government is not shirking its responsibilities.
Sir, I do not believe that what has been said today will represent the last word on the subject. As I have explained, we are engaged upon a programme designed to ensure that those involved in this project provide full information with a view to giving the community the reassurance that is needed.
I am pleased to inform Members that to this end following discussions last week with the Hong Kong Nuclear Investment Co. Ltd., the Chairman, Mr. STONES, has agreed with my request that he should explore with the joint venture company the possibility of distributing to Members of this Council the feasibility study dealing with site selection, equipment study and system designs. I firmly believe that with this information, and with the benefit of briefings and information gleaned through the visits that ny Unofficial colleagues are proposing to make, we will be getting close to the reassurance that I have just mentioned. When I hear further from the Chairman of Hong Kong Nuclear Investment Co. Ltd., I shall make another statement in this Council.
Sir, in concluding this debate, I commend to Members – and I include myself the words of Socrates: 'No man is so thoroughly right as to be entitled to say that others are totally wrong. It is well to aflirm your own truth, but it is not well to condemn those who think differently."
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