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31.5.85

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- 9 JUL 1985

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Statements/Comments

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* CPPCC delegate Ho

Sai-chu: Both the

drafting and consultative

committees may come directly under the NPC Standing Committee.

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NCNA's HK director Xu Jiatun: Membership of the Basic Law drafting committee, which will include HK residents as its deputy directors, will be announced in

mid-June after the NPC Standing Committee meeting. The membership of the consultative

committee will be announced at a later

date.

* Chinese State Councillor and HK and Macau Affairs Office Director Ji Pengfei: The Basic Law should include a provision stipulating that equal importance will be attached to both the Chinese and English languages in the future.

HK Daily News: There will be contradictions between the Chinese Constitution and the Basic Law. To avoid Contradictions, an annex should be added to the constitution, stating that the HK SAR Basic law is valid and recognised under the Chinese Constitution.

Sing Tao Wan Pao: It is hoped that HK's silent majority will speak up on the drafting of the Basic Law.

*Tin Fung Yat Po: The Basic Law should not be too detailed.

A source quoted by Wah Kiu Yat Po: The proposed namelists of the Basic Law drafting and consultative committees were submitted to China last week. The two lists comprise mainly HK residents who have attended the Joint Declaration signing

ceremony. CPPCC delegate T.K. Ann may be chairman of the consultative

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