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(d) Progress in the drafting of the Basic Law
12.
KL
at
(submitted to the
November and 2
Li briefed the Governor some length on progress
within the BLDC. He handed over texts of the progress
reports of the five BLDC Special Groups
BLDC plenary in Peking between 29
December). The Special Groups оп rights and obligations
and the CPG/SAR relationship had produced preliminary
drafts of the relevant sections of the Basic Law: the work
of the other Groups was not SO far advanced.
13.
to
Li concluded that the original Chinese drafting
timetable for the provisions of the Basic Law relating
now slipping because of the
among Hong Kong members and the need
political structure divergence of views
was
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