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Statements by Chinese
Officials
Newspaper Comments/Editorials Non-Communist
Communist
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by others
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3.11.85
and HK members of the
(cont'd) BLDC has made formal
4.11.85
contacts since their last
meeting in Peking in
July. Chinese BLDC members will come to study the territory's political system in the future, but no date has yet been fixed.
BLDC vice-chairman Fei Xiaotong: China will not interfere with the work
of the BLCC. The BLDC and the BLCC are parallel organisations. Chinese BLDC members will not be involved in the work of
the BLCC.
Chinese BLCC member Lei Jieqiong: It is necessary for Chinese BLDC members to visit HK to gain an understanding of HK's
situation.
Wah Kiu Yat Po: The visit to HK of BLDC members in China will benefit Basic Law drafting.
non-specified groups. A decision on the increase will be made at a meeting of the BLCC convenors on November 23.
A statement issued by a group of 35 Christians on Lau Chin-shek's
withdrawal form the joint conference of labour
groups on Basic Law: Pro-China people here should tolerate
dissenting voice in the Basic Law drafting
process.
6.11.85
Dr Peter Wesley-Smith of HKU: The Basic Law must make it clear whether any kind of Chinese laws will be applied to HK after 1997.