BASIC LAW (173)
Date
Statements by Chinese
Officials
Newspaper Comments/Editorials Non-Communist
Communist
10.8.85 (cont'd)
Statements/Comments
by others
120 - 150 members
selected through
democratic consultation.
One-tenth of the
consultative committee members should come from the education sector.
Sung Chi-wah of the current affairs committee of the HKU Student Union: The draft constitution for the consultative committee should be made public and there should be a two-week public consultation period.
Basic Law drafting committee member Cha Chi-ming (writing in Ming Pao): The Executive Council in HK after 1997 should comprise heads of government departments and a security committee should be set up to ensure the territory's safety. Secretary posts should be nominated by the governor and approved by the Central
Government.