(B) IT WILL HAVE AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, A WORKING SECRETARIAT
AND A FURTHER GROUP APPOINTED TO CONDUCT DAY TO DAY WORK. IT
WILL BE EMPOWERED TO ENGAGE ADVISERS AND OTHER GROUPS OF
EXPERTS.
(C) CIVIL SERVANTS WILL NOT BE DEBARRED FROM MEMBERSHIP NOR WILL FOREIGNERS, WHO WILL BE QUALIFIED IF THEY HAVE SUITABLE EXPERIENCE OF, PROFESSIONAL INTEREST IN AND APPROPRIATE LINKS
WITH HONG KONG.
(D) THE BLCC WILL REMAIN IN EXISTENCE UNTIL THE BASIC LAW IS
ADOPTED.
(E) BLDC MEMBERS MAY BE MEMBERS OF THE BLCC: BUT AS INDIVIDUALS
AND NOT AS BLDC MEMBERS.
(F) A TRUST FUND WILL BE ESTABLISHED AND OPERATED BY THE BLCC
TO PROVIDE FOR ITS OPERATION.
(G) THE BLCC WILL BE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE NPC: BUT IT WILL ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PASSING ON ALL THE INFORMATION GAINED IN THE COURSE OF THE CONSULTATIVE PRACTICE
TO THE BLDC.
(H) THE SPREAD OF PEOPLE APPOINTED BY THIS METHOD SHOULD BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROFESSION AND INTERESTS TO ENSURE, THE WIDEST
POSSIBLE ''COVER'.
(1) THE APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS TO THE BLCC WILL BE BY DEMOCRATIC
CONSULTATION''.
(J) THE NUMBER OF BLCC MEMBJS SHOULD BE BETWEEN 150 AND 200.
3. THERE HAVE BEEN INDICATIONS OF SOME DISSENT WITHIN JUSTICE LI'S PREPARATORY SUB-COMMITTEE OVER THE MEANING OF TERMS SUCH AS ''DEMOCRATIC CONSULTATION. ONE MEMBER, DOROTHY LIU HAS RAISED THIS QUESTION PUBLICLY ONLY TO BE SLAPPED DOWN EQUALLY PUBLICLY BY JUSTICE LI'S REJOINDER THAT ANYONE WHO UNDERSTOOD CHINESE WOULD UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF THE TERM. THE HONG KONG COMMERCIAL DAILY (COMMUNIST) AGREED WITH THESE STATEMENTS AND THE PHRASE HAS ALSO BEEN USED IN OTHER COMMUNIST NEWSPAPERS IMPLYING CHINESE APPROVAL
OF THE CONCEPT.
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