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The director of JVC's public relations department, Yu Jiechun, was quoted as saying that the decision to resume work on the foundation layer was made after careful consideration and it would not be changed just because there was opposition from certain people.

However, Mr Yu said that the JVC would consider suggestions by the Legco ad hoc group. He thought that it was not necessary to appoint an independent group to study the remedial measures.

The HK Standard's front-page lead said China had quietly given consent for work to resume on the flawed base of the Daya Bay nuclear project even though today marked only the first time that a Peking

official would sit down with the builders to review the serious

mistake.

The tacit go-ahead came as angry Legislative Councillors demanded that work should stop for a full investigation.

In a separate report, Wong Po-Yan was quoted as saying that the long-awaited proposal for a Sino-HK joint advisory body on Daya Bay project would materialise in three months.

Ming Pao reported that a group of 30 local engineers said yesterday that the explanation on the incident by the JVC was misleading and meaningless. They said that it was funny for the JVC to have said that the incident had shown the effectiveness of the

supervision system.

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Commentaries Ia Kung Pao (14.10) said in a short commentary that the Daya Bay incident showed that there were loopholes in the supervision of the project. It said that this was a serious matter and measures should be taken to correct it.

Writing in the HK Times (14.10), Sau Yat said that the Chinese had no knowledge in the management of nuclear plants. There would be many problems ahead even though the project would be completed eventually.

Writing in Ming Pao's Op-ed page (14.10), Mo Mo called for an independent inquiry into the Daya Bey incident.

Chau Yat-wang of the HK Economic Journal (14.10) said that cartain breiro tadpers who expressed support for the Day Bay project last year, were now calling for the inclusion of HK people in an advisory committee to be set up by China. The writer said that their mova might have won the support from the Government.

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