Date
Statements by Chinese
Officials
20.3.86 (cont'd)
element for the HK SAR to
system is that there
practice a common law
should be a sound legal
system as well as
competent lawyers and judges. HK processes all
these ingredients.
21.3.86
BASIC LAW (52)
Newspaper Comments/Editorials Non-Communist
Communist
Statements/Comments
by others
(report) BLCC member Fung Wai-kwong (in an interview with Ming Pao): He will propose that the BLCC adopt a ward system to receive residents who want to express their views.
(report) Appeal Court Judge Justice Yang: HK will stand to benefit from studying China's legal system. HK should follow China's example of setting up mediation committee to deal with minor disputes. Such committees, formed by the concerned parties' colleagues and
neighbours, can save a lot of the courts'
time.
(report) Some legal professionals (told the Financial Daily): Such a mediation system would go against the spirit of rule of law which HK adhered to.