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3.
We understand the overall programme for the drafting of the Basic Law to be:
(a) Preliminary text produced by the Drafting Committee in early 1988. Published in Hong Kong for consultation;
(b) Revised draft Basic Law produced in late
1988-early 1989 for submission to the Chinese National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee. Draft published in Hong Kong;
(c) BLDC will then produce a further revised draft
for submission to the NPC Standing in 1990 and promulgation by the NPC.
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