BASIC LAW (144)
Date
Statements by Chinese
Officials
Newspaper Comments/Editorials Non-Communist
Communist
Statements/Comments
by others
21.7.85 (cont'd)
22.7.85
The HK Daily News: Basic Law consultative
committee members should be selected through consultation and appointed by the NPC
Standing Committee or the State Council's HK and
* Basic Law drafting committee member Liu Yiu-chu: The principle of confidentiality has made it difficult for the drafting committee to win the confidence of the public.
Professor Hocking Wong of the International Affairs College: The Basic Law drafting committee should not be responsible for the formation of the consultative committee. Instead, the NCNA HK branch should set up an
office to collect residents' views on the
Basic Law, so that even right-wing sector can also express their views.
* Motor Transport
Workers' Union: The Basic
Law consultative
committee should be
formed through democratic
consultation.
The
consultative panel should
include labour
representatives.