Date
6.4.85
7.4.85
BASIC LAW (46)
Statements by Chinese
Officials
Newspaper Comments/Editorials Non-Communist
Communist
Statements/Comments
by others
Express: It will benefit the feasibility of the Basic Law and the stability of the territory during the transition if China can listen to HK people's views and allow local representatives from various sectors of the community to take part in Basic Law drafting.
Financial Daily: Now HK people can directly participate in Basic Law drafting, but such participation will be useful only if democratic debates are allowed during the drafting
process.
Tin Tin Daily News: The over-riding consideration is that those HK people taking part in Basic Law drafting must be patriotic.
Tin Fung Yat Po: Although HK reprsentatives are allowed in Basic Law drafting, the power to interpret the Basic Law should be vested with NPC because the Basic Law is part of China's laws.
* Local CPPCC delegate Ho Sai-chu: HK
representatives to the Basic Law drafting
committee who are local NPC/CPPCC delegates will be selected through consultation. The list of local delegates will first be drawn up by NCNA HK branch, the HK and Macau Affairs Office and NPC Legal Committee.
Wen Wei Po: HK
representatives to the Basic Law drafting committee should be those who support China's reunification and the maintenance of HK's prosperity. The HK representatives should come from a wide
CU lecturer Joseph Cheng: The Basic Law drafting committee should include Umelco members, labour representatives and law experts. A consultative body should be set up to gauge public opinion. The power to interpret the laws which deal solely