A CONTINGENCY plan to protect Hong Kong people in the event of an accident at the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station is still incomplete - despite today's official opening of the plant by Chinese premier Li Peng.
The 1,800-megawatt facility, which will sell 70 per cent of its power to Hong Kong, is just 20 kilometres from the Sai Kung peninsula and 50 km from Central.
But senior police officers admitted last week that problems still had to be ironed out and agreements reached with mainland officials. They would keep their ''fingers crossed'' until plans were finalised, they said.
Secretary for Security Alistair Asprey, whose department is co-ordinating the contingency plans, is expected at the opening of China's second and largest nuclear plant.
However, a Security Branch spokesman said negotiators were still trying to secure a pledge from China to notify the territory of any on-site accidents. The two sides would talk again in Guangdong later this month.
Meanwhile, Marine North Division commander Herbert Au Hok-lam, a key adviser on the police contingency plan, said evacuation and safety proposals for Hong Kong were ''never meant to be an all-embracing plan''.