Date
12.4.85
(cont'd)
Statements by Chinese
Officials
BASIC LAW (47)
Newspaper Comments/Editorials Non-Communist
Statements/Comments
Communist
by others
concerning internal and
legal matters should rest
with HK's court.
Ming Pao: Since it will benefit the drafting of the Basic law if there are different views and debates, the selection of the small number of HK people who do not have any particular political inclination will
therefore carry great significance. Five years will be enough for the drawi
ing up of a comprehensive Basic Law.