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BASIC LAW (58)
Date
Statements by Chinese
Officials
Newspaper Comments/Editorials Non-Communist
Communist
20.4.85 (cont'd)
23.4.85
24.4.85
Statements/Comments
by others
CPPCC Vice-chairman Fei Xiaotong (meeting with local CPPCC delegates in HK): HK people should take part in Basic Law drafting.
will be little room for manoeuvre. The power to interpret the Basic Law should rest with the
NPC.
* Local CPPCC delegate Xu Ximin (meeting with a CPPCC delegation in HK): China should appoint as many HK representatives as possible to the Basic Law drafting committee.
* HK Federation of Trade
Unions chairman Poon Kong-wai: The federation will set up a committee to gather local views on Basic Law drafting and to fight for workers' representation on the drafting committee. The federation will compile an opinion paper on the Basic Law by the end of the year.
Legco Unofficials Rita Fan and Pauline Ng, Alice Chong of the Anglican Church, Kwan Lim-ho of the Reform Club and Yeung