BASIC LAW (105)
Date
Statements by Chinese
Officials
Newspaper Comments/Editorials Non-Communist
Communist
2.7.85 (cont'd)
Statements/Comments
by others
vital to HK. Agenda of the drafting committee's meetings and frequencies of the meetings should be made public.
Drafting committee member Justice Simon Li: The consultative group should be set up along the line of the Assessment Office. Confidentiality of the drafting committee's meetings is needed to ensure a free expression of views by members.
Drafting committee member Louis Cha: To keep everything confidential will hamper the
consultation process.
Some contents of the
committee meetings should be made public.
Drafting committee member Martin Lee: The HK SAR
legislature should have the power to amend the Basic Law. The Basic Law should have an English version which carries the weight as the Chinese version.