BASIC LAW (62)
Date
Statements by Chinese
Officials
Newspaper Comments/Editorials Non-Communist
Communist
28.4.85 (cont'd)
29.4.85
Statements/Comments
by others
HK Chinese Civil Servants Association chairman Kwok Yuen-hon: There should be local participation in the drafting. The Basic Law should clearly stipulate the terms of employment of civil
servants.
Martin Lee QC: HK courts
should be given the final power to interpret the Basic Law. If the NPC is not satisfied with HK courts' decisions, it can make use of its legislative power to amend the provisions in the Basic Law as a means to veto the ruling of local courts.
Source: China intends to
invite Senior Exco Unofficial Sir S.Y. Chung and Appeal Court judges Justice Yang and Justice Simon Li to sit on the Basic Law drafting committee. The membership of both the drafting and consultative committees