BASIC LAW (237) ►
Date
Statements by Chinese
Officials
Newspaper Comments/Editorials Non-Communist
Communist
10.10.85 (cont'd)
11.10.85
Statements/Comments
by othe
HK Economic Journal: It is reasonable and appropriate for right-wing people to take the opportunity to make clear their stand on the BLCC.
Ming Pao: As Legco is responsible for pre-1997 legislation while the Basic Law committees are responsible for post-1997 laws and as they are
The HK Commercial Daily: The stand of Taiwan Legislative Yuan member Pok Shau-fu and HK Times publisher Eddie Tsang on the BLCC is more positive than that of people blindly opposed to Peking.
Publisher of the HK Times Eddie Tsang: He will not join the BLCC because it is merely a hand-raising machine.
Legco member Pang Chun-hoi: He will not join the BLCC.
Right-wingers in HK can express their views on the Basic Law through many other channels.
HKU Lecturer Victor Sit: HK residents should actively take part in Basic Law consultation.
(report) Newly-elected Legco member Martin Lee: It will be within Legco's constitutional power for members to discuss the Basic Law and express their views without debating it as a piece of legislation. But whether Legco can discuss the Basic Law and whether
there is a need for Legco to discuss the Basic Law are two different
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