CHINA has promised to inform Hongkong immediately if an emergency occurs at the Daya Bay nuclear plant, legislators heard yesterday.
Guangdong's contingency office - which would receive all information in relation to the plant - would make all ''appropriate decisions'' if there was an accident, Principal Assistant Secretary for Security, Frankie Lui Kin-fun, told the Environmental Affairs Panel meeting.
According to standards set by the International Atomic Energy Agency, a country must inform its neighbours of nuclear accidents that may affect them.
But independent legislator Emily Lau Wai-hing questioned whether the rules would apply to Hongkong after 1997.
United Democrat legislator, the Reverend Fung Chi-wood, asked if Hongkong could release details of an emergency to the outside world as a minority shareholder in the joint venture project.
Dominic Tai Kuen-kwan, of Hongkong Nuclear Investment Company, said: ''There are no restrictions on Hongkong to release information.