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The power station will be built and operated by a joint
venture company formed in 1985 following an agreement
between the
Guangdong Nuclear Investment Company (wholly owned by the Chinese
Ministry of Nuclear Industry) and the Hong Kong Nuclear Investment
Company (wholly owned by the China Light and Power Company of Hong
Kong) The participation of the China Light
Light and Power Company in
the project was endorsed by the Hong Kong Government following
evaluation of the options for meeting Hong Kong's anticipated future
demand for electricity and some six years of detailed negotiations
on the project's feasibility, construction, operation and management
and financing arrangements. <Pa <edios
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Before the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power station,
the Daya Bay project was generally seen as a positive development
Inevitably, the events
which augured well for Hong Kong's future
at Chernobyl provoked intense debate. in Hong Kong, as elsewhere in
the world, on the safety of nuclear
nuclear power stations. Public concern
focussed on the proximity of the station to Hong Kong and the
difficulties of evacuating the local population should this prove
Opposition by various pressure groups mounted during the
early summer months, culminating in the presentation of a petition
Chinese Government claimed to contain one million signatures.
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The public concern felt in Hong Kong was echoed in a debate
in the Legislative Council on 16 July
In August, two fact-finding delegations of Council members visited Europe, the United States and
Japan to gain better understanding
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of nuclear energy and the safety systems incorporated into the design of plants similar to the
one to be built at Daya Bay A report on
on their visits was published
on their return, following which members
invited to Peking by the Chinese Government
They were assured by Chinese officials that
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