Date
Statements by Chinese
Officials
BASIC LAW (20)
Newspaper Comments/Editorials Non-Communist
Communist
Statements/Comments
by others
22.1.86
23.1.86
Lu Ping (told Heung Yee Kuk members): The Basic Law will spell out clearly the method of selecting the future HK SAR chief executive.
Sing Pao: Reliable sources said visiting Chinese official Lu Ping has asked a BLDC member who is also a Legco Unofficial to act as the middle man to persuade the other Legco Unofficials to take the
initiative and seek a meeting with the delegation of Chinese experts led by him.
Tin Fung Yat Po: It disagrees with a
suggestion that foreign legal experts should be hired to draft the Basic Law.
Tin Tin Daily News: Several Legco Unofficials who have close relationship with China are trying to persuade visiting Chinese official to take the initiative to meet all Legco members.
Tin Tin Daily New: The Basic Law should be drafted by Chinese people rather than by foreign experts.
Lau Nai-keung of Meeting Point: He has asked Mr Lu Ping that parts of the Basic Law concerning HK's future political system should be published in 1987. It should stipulate that the majority of the
seats in the legislature should be directly
elected and the
remaining ones should be
indirectly elected through functional groups.