Date
Statements by Chinese
Officials
10.11.85
11.11.85
Constitutional Reforms (18)
Statements by Government News Comments/Editorials
Officials
C.M. Leung: The
government would not
encourage the adoption of
any particular system.
Non-communist Paper
Ming Pao: Remarks by Ji Pengfei and Timothy Renton showed that both Peking and London were
Statements/Comments by others
Maria Tam, Andrew Wong and Yeung Sum: Political reforms must be based on the Joint Declaration.
Andrew Wong: He favoures gradual reforms based on the British model.
Yeung Sum: HK must now start to study the possibility of party politics if HK people are
to enjoy a democratic system 12 years from
now.
Maria Tam: She hopes that the Basic Law would allow the reform introduced during the transition to remain valid beyond 1997. China and Britain have discussed informally
reforms in HK and the JLG would also take up these matters later.