Date
18.7.85
(cont'd)
Statements by Chinese
Officials
BASIC LAW (138)
Newspaper Comments/Editorials Non-Communist
Communist
Statements/Comments
by others
The HK Daily News: Consultations on Basic Law drafting can be effectively conducted as long as the State Council, with the approval of the NPC Standing committee, authorises the NCNA to take up the respon sibility of collating local opinion and reflects the views directly to Peking.
Sing Pao: Members of the consultative committee should comprise as many as possible people concerned about the Basic
Law.
forming the consultative committee. Only those views which put the interests of the state in the first place and which take into consideration HK's stability should be heeded.
charter for the
consultative committee should clearly stipulate the relationship between the drafti
ing and consultative committees. A secretariat should be set up to collect public opinion.
Wong Wai-hung of the Federation of Civil
Service Unions: The working group to draw up
the charter of the consultative committee should take the
initiative to consult various sectors' views.
Lee Kai-ming of the Trades Union Council: The working group to draw up the charter for the consultative group should consult the public before and after the charter is drawn up.
Mak Hoi-wah of the HK
Social Workers General Union: He hope the consultative committee's charter and the selection