BASIC LAW (51)
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19.3.86 (cont'd)
20.3.86
(report) Chinese BLDC member Professor Rui Mu (in an interview with Ming Pao): The biggest change in HK's legal system after the changeover in 1997 is the abolition of the system of appeal to the Privy Council and the setting up of the court of final adjudication in the HK SAR. The essential
HK Times: The worries expressed recently by BLDC members Louis Cha, Martin Lee and Liu Yiu-chu over press freedom, human rights and the powers of the chief executive in HK after 1997 are not unwarranted. HK people will not put their hearts at ease when even the BLDC members are worried.
discuss whether to issue a consultative document to seek local views on the political system for the future HK SAR. BLDC member Liu Yiu-chu said it is a good idea to put forward some preliminary proposals for the post 1997 political system and to seek HK people's views on them. But two BLDC members, Martin Lee and Szeto Wah, are strongly against the idea. Mr Lee said once Peking make known its thinking on the political system, many HK people will be reluctant to put forward opposite views.
A Basic Law monitoring committee: The BLCC's report on local opinion it collected should first be made public in HK before being
submitted to the BLDC meeting. The public should be invited to comment on the report, which should then be amended accordingly before it is finalised
for submission to the BLDC.