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DAYA BAY : HINDEPENDENT ADVISORY BODY

WE ARE FAXING TO YOU AN ARTICLE FROM THE HONG KONG STANDARD OF 6

JULY ENTITLED ''UK NUCLAEAR EXPERT URGES SEPARATE DAYA WATCHDOG''

WHINCH REPORTED THAT PROFESSOR HUGH SIMPSON, A MEMBER OF THE BRATHISH ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE SAFETY OF NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS, HAD

EXPRESSED THE VIEW THAT AN INDEPENDENT ADVISORY BODY SHOULD BE SET

UP TO DEAL WITH MATTERS RELATHING TO THE DAYA BAY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT.

2. AS YOU KNOW THE SUGGESTION THAT THE CHINESE SHOULD SET UP AN INDEPENDENT ADVISORY BODY, WITH HONG KONG PARTINCHIPATHION, TO CONSIDER THE SAFETY AND MANAGEMENT ASPECTS OF THE DAYA BAY PLANT WAS FIRST

MADE BY THE LEGCO FACT-FINDING DELEGATIONS. AS THE LEGCO AD HOC GROUP

MS GEVING FURTHER THOUGHT TO THE ROLE OF THE PROPOSED ADVISORY

BODY( REPORTED IN OUR TELNO. 1990), WE INTEND TO AWAINT THE OUTCOME OF THE AD HOC GROUP'S DELIBERATIONS BEFORE CONSIDERING ANY FURTHER

ACTION.

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