BASIC LAW (12)
Date
Statements by Chinese
Officials
Newspaper Comments/Editorials Non-Communist
Communist
16.1.86 (cont'd)
Statements/Comme
by others
Chinese Constitution and can be avoided if the Basic Law is drafted in the form of company law instead of a mini- constitution.
Dr Victor Sit of HKU: A Basic Law committee should be set up under the National People's Congress to make the final ruling if there are different interpretations.
HKU lecturer Luk Yan-lung: HK should fight for the power of final adjudication as the territory's economic development and local people's lifestyle are bound to be affected if civil rights are interpreted in accordance with the communist principles.
A source familiar with the Sino-British talks on HK quoted by the HK Economic Journal: Should