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MR MARTIN LEE WILL SUGGEST THAT A MOTION BE RAISED IN A REGULAR LEGCO MEETING CALLING FÖR ALL CONCERNED PARTIES TO REVEAL RELEVANT

INFORMATION.

IN A RELATED ARTICLE THE SCMP SAID THAT A CONTINGENCY FUND HAS BEEN BUDGETTED FOR THE DAYA BAY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT TO COVER FUTURE EXPENSES ON NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING THOSE RELATED TO THE PLANT'S SAFETY.

IT QUOTED THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HK NUCLEAR INVESTMENT CO., MR WILLIAM STONES, AS SAYING THAT UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES, THE FUND COULD RUN AS HIGH AS $2.7 BILLION, ABOUT 10 PER CENT OF THE PLANT'S ESTIMATED COST OF $27 BILLION.

MR STONES SAID THE GENERAL PRACTICE WAS TO EARMARK ABOUT 10 PER CENT FOR A CONTINGENCY FUND AS IN THE CASTLE PEAK POWER STATION BUT HE DID NOT HAVE THE EXACT FIGURE FOR DAYA BAY.

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES

BOTH SCMP AND HK STANDARD QUOTED THE BRITISH MINISTER OF STATE AT THE HOME OFFICE, MR DAVID WADDINGTON, AS SAYING THAT HE BELIEVES THE BEST SOLUTION TO THE VIETNAMESE REFUGEE PROBLEM MAY BE TO SEND THE REFUGEES BACK TO WHERE THEY CAME FROM.

HE SAID AFTER A TOUR OF FOUR REFUGEE CAMPS THAT WHILE REPATRIATION WAS NOT VIABLE AT PRESENT, THE COUNTRIES EXAMINING THEIR PROBLEMS SHOULD KEEP REPATRIATION AS A MAJOR AIM.

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IN A SEPARATE STORY, THE HK STANDARD REPORTED THAT CARITAS, CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANISATION, HAS DECIDED TO RAISE OVER $1 MILLION FROM OVERSEAS SOURCES FOR A TWO-YEAR PROGRAMME TO BRING VIETNAMESE SPEAKING SOCIAL WORKERS INTO HK'S REFUGEE CAMPS.

THE PAPER QUOTED MISS JOYCE CHANG, SOCIAL WORK SECRETARY FOR CARITAS, AS SAYING THAT SHE IS CONFIDENT THAT IF THE FUNDS CAN BE RAISED, THE SOCIAL WORKERS COULD BE IN PLACE BY THE FIRST OF THE YEAR.

SURGERY DELAY DEATHS

THE SCMP SAID A LEADING DOCTOR YESTERDAY STOOD BY HIS CLAIM THAT ACCIDENT VICTIMS WERE DYING IN HK HOSPITALS BECAUSE OF LENGTHY DELAYS IN EMERGENCY SURGERY.

THE PAPER QUOTED THE DOCTOR, WHO CANNOT BE NAMED FOR PROFESSIONAL REASONS, AS SAYING THAT THE GOVT MUST BE UNAWARE OF THE DIFFICULTIES WITHIN ITS OWN HOSPITALS, OR ELSE IT WOULD NOT HAVE DENIED THAT MAJOR PROBLEMS EXISTED.

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