Date
12.7.85 (cont'd)
Statements by Chinese
Officials
BASIC LAW (125)
Newspaper Comments/Editorials Non-Communist
Communist
Statements/Comments
by others
Basic Law drafting
committee member Sanford Yung: Drafting committee members will study the setting up of a secretariat for the consultative committee and its membership at their first meeting on July 17. The HK members are divided on whether
drafting committee
members should sit on the
consultative committee.
Expatriates should be
included in the
consultative body as they are closely related to HK's economy.
Mak Hoi-wah of the HK
Social Workers General Union: It will not be sensible to set up the Basic Law consultative
committee in a haste. Drafting committee members should discuss the consultative body's function, structure and consultation process before discussing its membership.