Constitutional Reforms (51)
Date
Statements by Chinese
Officials
Statements by Government
Officials
News Comments/Editorials
Statements/Comments
by others
8.1.86 (cont'd)
9.1.86
delegation led by Lu Ping): He had said in an article in a Chinese law book that the capitalist election was hypocrisy which only served the capitalists and striped the working class of
their right to vote and to be elected.
concept would be affected if China tried to turn Legco into a purely advisory body, as advocated by some left-wing publications.
Communist Papers
(Yu Mak of New Evening Post): Legco Unofficial who asked Lu Ping to explain the meaning of elections referred to in
the Joint Declaration
should also ask the
British Government the same question.
Non-communist Papers
(Ming Pao, in part three of a feature on political reforms): Recent signs showed that the HK Government might not follow exactly China's idea on political development. A source who had direct knowledge about the dialogue between China and HK said
the HK Government had
rejected request by Chinese officials through
(Radio 3 reported) (Former Urbco chairman A de 0. Sales): The current political reform was an "eleven hour effort" and a "death-bed repentance" by the Government. For 140 years, little or no reform in the admini- stration had taken place. One would expect the HK Government to carry on with more say for the local people but without changing the government
structure.