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YOUR TELNO 2878 AND 2879 DAYA, BAY + LETTER FROM-ANTI-NUCLEAR

ORGANISATIONS

1.

WITH REFERENCE TO YOUR PROPOSED REPLY SET OUT IN PARAGRAPH

2 OF TELNO 2879, YOU MAY WISH TO CONSIDER REPLACING YOUR FIRST

THREE POINTS WITH THE FOLLOWING :

(1) A FEASIBILITY STUDY REPORT ON THE JOINT DEVELOPMENT OF A NUCLEAR POWER STATION IN GUANGDONG PROVINCE WAS PREPARED JOINTLY BY THE GUANGDONG POWER. COMPANY (WHICH SUPPLIES ELECTRICITY IN THE GUANGDONG PROVINCE OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA) AND THE CHINA LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY (WHICH SUPPLIES ELECTRICITY TO THE KOWLOON PENINSULA AND THE NEW TERRITORIES OF HONG KONG). THE PURPOSE OF UNDERTAKING THE FEASIBILITY STUDY WAS TO ENABLE THE TWO COMPANIES TO EVALUATE THE TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS OF JOINTLY CONSTRUCTING A NUCLEAR POWER STATION IN CHINA TO PROVIDE POWER FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE AREAS OF SUPPLY. AT THE REQUEST OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT, THE TWO COMPANIES INVOLVED IN THE JOINT VENTURE

AGREED THAT THOSE PARTS OF THE FEASIBILITY STUDY WHICH DEALT WITH

SITE SELECTION, EQUIPMENT STUDY AND SYSTEM DESIGNS COULD, WITH THE

EXCEPTION OF CERTAIN COMMERCIALLY SENSITIVE OR CLASSIFIED STATE

INFORMATION, BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. THE FIVE VOLUMES

IN QUESTION WERE ACCORDINGLY RELEASED IN JULY 1986. MORE RECENTLY,

IN RESPONSE TO A QUESTION OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, THE HONG KONG

GOVERNMENT, IN NOVEMBER, PUBLISHED A DETAILED REPORT PROVIDING FURTHER INFORMATION, WITH SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION, ON THE

ARRANGEMENTS REGARDING THE SAFETY AND THE TARIFF FOR THE PURCHASE

OF ELECTRICITY FROM THE DAYA BAY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT. WITHOUT

BREACHING COMMERCIAL CONFIDENTIALITY, THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT

BELIEVES THAT THERE IS LITTLE FURTHER INFORMATION THAT CAN USEFULLY

BE MADE AVAILABLE.

(2) THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IS CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF

PREPARING CONTINGENCY PLANS TO DEAL WITH THE REMOTE POSSIBILITY

OF AN ACCIDENT AT DAYA BAY RESULTING IN RISKS TO HONG KONG AND

TO THIS END HAS RETAINED THE UNITED KINGDOM ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY

AS CONSULTANTS.

(3) THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAS CAREFULLY MONITORED PUBLIC

OPINION ON THIS SUBJECT. HOWEVER, SINCE THE PLANT WILL NOT BE LOCATED IN HONG KONG, BUT IN GUANGDONG PROVINCE IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, A PUBLIC ENQUIRY IS NOT CONSIDERED APPROPRIATE.

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AND 5.

WE HAVE NO SUGGESTED ON YOUR PROPOSED REPLY TO POINTS 4

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