BASIC LAW (101)
Date
Statements by Chinese
Officials
Newspaper Comments/Editorials Non-Communist
Communist
1.7.85 (cont'd)
Statements/Comments
by others
Drafting committee member Louis Cha: Attention will be paid to the freedoms of the press and speech. The Basic Law
consultative committee
should be able to
represent a wide cross- section of the
community.
Drafting committee member Henry Fok: The drafting of the Basic Law should look after the interests of HK people and should be able to stabilise commerce and industry here.
Drafting committee member Lau Wong-fat: It is important to maintain HK's capitalist system unchanged for 50 years. The HK members on the drafting committee are considering ways to enhance the Chinese members' understanding of HK's situation so as to facilitate the drafting work.
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