Date
2.1.86
3.1.86
Statements by Chinese
Officials
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RECEIVECA REGISTRY
2 8 FEB 1986
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INDEX
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REGISTRY
Action Takes
BASIC LAW
Newspaper Comments/Editorials Non-Communist
Communist
The Express: Basic Law drafting should not proceed too hastily lest people's confidence and the local market may be affected.
Sing Tao Jih Pao and the HK Daily News: More than 60 Christians who are professionals have criticised BLCC member Peter Kwong for his stand in the recent controversy surrounding the election of BLCC office-bearers.
4.1.86
Deputy Secretary-general of BLDC Lu Ping: He comes to HK not to talk but to listen. His programme in
The HK Economic Journal:
An association of teaching staff of CU regretted that the BLCC planning committee had invited some CU staff members who cannot fully represent the university to sit on the BLCC.
Statements/Comments by others
(report) Some members of the Umelco Basic Law panel feel that the Basic Law is China's internal matter and Legco should not hold any debate on it.
(report) A report in the fi st overseas edition of The Our loc Weekly: Director UL China's in and Marau Affairs office Ji Pengfei said a draft of the political system, which is a significant part of the Basic Law, may be worked out earlier than scheduled although China has no blueprint
now,
BLCC executive committee member Ng Hou- man
says he hopes BLCU will set up a
spok sman system to avoid unnecessary misunder- standing.
Provisional Regional
Council chairman Cheung Yan-lung says he hopes Mr Lu Ping will explai
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