TNAG-1657-FCO40-2305-Daya-Bay-nuclear-power-station-project-safety-concerns-in-Ho-1987 — Page 135

CONFIDENTIAL

GRS 500

CONFIDENTIAL

FM HONG KONG

TO DESKBY 23093OZ FCO

TELNO 248

OF 210203Z JANUARY 87

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INDEX

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YOUR TELNO 156 : DAYA BAY : VISIT TO FRANCE.

RCISTRY

Amion Takım

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1. MR. HENRY LITTON IS ONE OF HONG KONG'S LEADING BARRISTERS. HE IS ALSO EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF THE HONG KONG LAW JOURNAL AND HAS BEEN... CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG BAR ASSOCIATION. HE IS MARRIED TO MISS

LINDA SIDALL, WHO IS SECRETARY TO THE HONG KONG FRIENDS OF THE EARTH AND IS A PROMINENT OPPONENT OF THE DAYA BAY PROJECT (SEE PARAGRAPH 5 BELOW).

2. MR. LITTON WAS BORN IN HONG KONG ON 7 AUGUST 1934. HIS EARLY EDUCATION WAS AT THE DIOCESAN BOYS' SCHOOL KOWLOON AND KING'S COLLEGE TAUNTON, SOMERSET. HE THEN WENT ON TO MERTON COLLEGE OXFORD WHERE HE OBTAINED A MA DEGREE IN 1956. IN 1959 HE BECAME A BARRISTER AT LAW GRAYS INN. ON RETURNING TO HONG KONG HE WENT INTO PRIVATE PRACTICE AS A BARRISTER. HE WAS MADE A QUEEN'S COUNSEL (QC) IN 1970 AND AN HONORARY JUSTICE OF THE PEACE (JP) IN 1973.

3. MR. LITTON'S COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: CHAIRMAN OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE'S SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATION: THE HONG KONG BAR ASSOCIATION (PAST CHAIRMAN), INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SERVICE (PAST CHAIRMAN), WORLD WILDLIFE FUND (PAST TRUSTEE). HE ALSO CURRENTLY SERVES ON A NUMBER OF OTHER COMMITTEES EITHER IN HIS OWN CAPACITY OR REPRESENTING THE HONG KONG BAR ASSOCIATION. HE IS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE ALLIANCE FRANCAISE: HE SPEAKS FRENCH, SPANISH AND CANTONESE.

4. MR. LITTON'S VIEWS ON NUCLEAR ENERGY AND THE DAYA BAY PROJECT IN PARTICULAR ARE NOT CLEAR. THE SAME, HOWEVER, CANNOT BE SAID OF HIS WIFE.

5. MS LINDA SIDALL (LITTON'S WIFE) IS ALSO A BARRISTER. SHE NEVERTHELESS IS BEST KNOWN IN HONG KONG FOR HER INVOLVEMENT WITH THE HONG KONG FREENDS OF THE EARTH AND THEIR ANTI-DAYA BAY STAND. LAST SEPTEMBER, BEFORE THE MAJOR EQUIPMENT SUPPLY CONTRACTS WERE SIGNED, SHE WROTE TO VICE PREMIER LI PENG EXPRESSING HER OPPOSITION TO THE PROJECT BOTH ON SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL GROUNDS. THIS LETTER WAS COPIED TO THE PRIME MINISTER, GEC AND FRAMATOME. AFTER CONTRACT SIGNATURE SHE IS REPORTED TO HAVE SAID THAT THE ANTI-NUCLEAR CAMPAIGN SHOULD NOT STOP AND THAT THOSE OPPOSED TO DAYA BAY WOULD SEEK MORE INFORMATION SINCE, IN HER OPINION, THE MORE PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT NUCLEAR ENERGY THE MORE THEY WOULD BE OPPOSED TO IT.

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