NOV 18 '87 15:20 TIBCOOU) HK GOVT
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Writing in Tin Tin Daily News (7.11), Yik Chun said that improvement measures must be introduced at the construction site in the wake of the incident.
Sunday, November 8-Workers at the Daya Bay nuclear plant started pouring concrete into the foundation raft for Unit 1 reactor yesterday after work on the foundation was halted for more than 50. days as a result of construction mistakes, the media reported in moderate coverage.
In a related development, the deputy director of China's National Nuclear Safety Administration, Shi Guangchang, told a press conference in Peking yesterday that the NNSA considered the "missing bars" incident as serious although the errors could be corrected technically.
Tin Tin Daily News quoted reliable sources as saying that the Guangdong Nuclear Power Joint Venture Company had lost about US$54 million as a result of the incident.
In another development, Omelco member Maria Tam said yesterday that the Legco ad hoc group on the Daya Bay project had done its best for the people of HK.
Monday, November 9 - The SCM Post's leading article said the resignation of Dr Conrad Lam and a threat by Mr Jackie Chan also to quit the Legco ad hoc group on the Daya Bay project had pointed out the wide communication gap between the HK public and the project management, whose credibility was in need of repair.
It said that just how little influence the public had in the nuclear plant project had been starkly illustrated by Guangdong Nuclear Power Joint Venture Company going ahead with the start of full construction ovar the weekend despite advice to the contrary by the Legco group.
The editorial added that it was clear that the involvement of an independent and international monitoring group of experts still was essential.
Wednesday, November 11 - A draft report on contingency measures HK could adopt in the event of a nuclear accident at the Daya bay plant had been circulated among Government departments for finishing touches, the SCM Post reported.
The long-awaited report by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority at Harwell still had to be approved by the HK Government.
The Post's report said that it was understood the report contained no evacuation measures but concentrated on monitoring radiation levels and the territory's food chains.
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