Over the past year I have received, through my letter box, numerous assurances from the utility companies, banks, etc, that they are fully year-2000-compliant and that their services will not be affected in any way just after the clock strikes midnight on December 31.
This is all very reassuring, or at least it might be, if it were not for the fact that the list of service providers declaring their readiness for Y2K is not as complete as it might be if the people of Hong Kong are to be able to rest easy in their beds once the celebrations are over.
I have read that the mainland authorities may not have fully grasped the nettle when it comes to taking all precautions to deal with the potential problems in the PRC.
This in itself would not be surprising as most developing countries are probably in the same boat. The concern, however, is that we in Hong Kong live only a short distance across the border from the Daya Bay nuclear power station.
While this is a relatively new facility, prudence dictates that we assume nothing about nuclear power in general and facilities on our doorstep in particular.
Possibly I have missed something, but it is my impression that we have not been inundated with information from an authoritative source confidently proclaiming Daya Bay's state of total Y2K preparedness.
