Date
Statements by Chinese
Officials
19.4.86 (cont'd)
20.4.86
BLDC deputy secretary- general Lu Ping and
Chinese BLDC member Xiao Weiyun Weiyong: Only the National People's Congress has the powers to decide which provisions of the Constitution should apply to HK.
Chinese BLDC member Ke Zaishuo: The Constitution is the highest law in China, of which the future SAR is only a part. The suggestion that some provisions of the Constitution should not apply to HK is unfound.
BLDC secretary-general Li Hou and Chinese BLDC member Zhang Youyu: The concept of residual power originated from a federal
BASIC LAW (75)
Newspaper Comments/Editorials Non-Communist
Communist
Chinese officials, Ji
Pengfei and Lu Ping, have
failed to mention HK
people's worries in their reports at the BLDC meeting.
Statements/Comments
by others
Tin Fung Yat Po: The draft structure indicates that the Basic Law is like a mini-constitution. It shows that HK will have a high degree of autonomy.
BLDC members Martin Lee, Maria Tam, Liu Yiu-chu, and Szeto Wah: The Basic Law should stipulate clearly which provisions of the Chinese Constitution will apply to HK and which will not. They will vote
against the draft structure on the Basic Law if such a stipulation is not included.
BLDC members Martin Lee, Maria Tam, Liu Yiu-chu and Szeto Wah: They are unhappy that the draft structure on the Basic Law do not include a provision that residual powers other than those specified in the Basic Law will rest with the SAR and that the draft