Date
Statements by Chinese
Officials
BASIC LAW (13)
Newspaper Comments/Editorials Non-Communist
Communist
Statements/Commen
by others
16.1.86 (cont'd)
17.1.86
Sing Pao: Visits to HK by Chinese officials Ji Pengfei and Lu Ping show that China does not have any pre-conceived concept for the Basic Law.
Financial Daily: For HK to enjoy a high degree of autonomy, it should have a legislature possessing the powers of a local authority. It should also have the legislative, judicial and final adjudication powers as well as financial
autonomy.
China go against the Joint Declaration in formulating the Basic Law, the British side can raise objections and point out where the problem lay.
(report) The Oriental Daily news: The seven BLDC members who are also Legco Unofficials are faced with the question of whether they should be accountable to China or to HK. A source said visiting Chinese official Lu Ping has issued to BLDC members in HK a discussion paper on a code of conduct for them. Article 7 of the draft code said BLDC members should be accountable to China and to the people of China. Some Legco members who are on the BLDC have indicated to Mr Lu that if the principle of accountability to China is insisted upon, Legco