BASIC LAW (87)
Date
Statements by Chinese
Officials
Newspaper Comments/Editorials Non-Communist
Communist
19.6.85 (cont'd)
Statements/Comments
by others
* FTU spokesman: The high proportion of HK people on the drafting committee reflects that the Chinese
Government attaches importance to HK people's wishes.
Indian Club chairman Hari
Harilela: the committee does not include
representatives of
overseas businessmen who
have been in HK for a long time and who regard the territory as their home.
CS Sir David Akers-Jones: the drafting committee comprise people from a wide spectrum of the community.
Meeting Point chairman Lau Nai-keung: Political groups, interest groups and grassroots elements are not adequately represented on the Basic Law drafting committee.