Constitutional Reforms (3)
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Statements by Chinese
Officials
Statements by Government News Comments/Editorials
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by others
3.10.85 (cont'd)
4.10.85
(Report) The NCNA HK Branch reiterates that it will not comment on the development of representative govern-
ment.
represent an improvement on the attitude some Government officials took last year during the Sino-British talks.
Ching Po: Agrees that constitutional
developments in HK and the drafting of the Basic Law should go forward together with and that the system developed should be suitable for incorporation into the Basic Law.
Non-communist Papers
Wah Kiu Yat Po: Mr Scott's disclosure that a Green Paper on the review of representative government will be published in 1987 severes as an indication that the Government will not accept proposals to bring forward the review.
Financial Daily: A progressive injection of directly elected members into Legco from 1988 will
* Elected Legco member Ho Sai-chu (designate): Peking will not allow HK to become a separate political entity, but it should let HK people decide how the legislature be elected.
Elected Legco member Szeto Wah (designate): The Joint Declaration stipulates that the legislature of the future HK SAR should be elected. It does not say direct elections are not