BASIC LAW (21)
Date
Statements by Chinese
Officials
Newspaper Comments/Editorials Non-Communist
Communist
23.1.86 (cont'd)
Statements/Comments by others
Luk Yan-lung of the HK People's Association: He hope a draft of the Basic Law will be completed in 1987. His association feels that the present political system under which the executive authorities are the highest organ of power should be maintained.
Legco member Dr Chiu
Hin-kwong: He has
proposed to Mr Lu Ping that the Basic Law
should clearly state
that the present system,
whereby professional
status is granted
through examinations,
should be adopted after 1997.
Chung Pui-lam of the Progressive HK Society: The power of
interpreting the Basic Law should rest with an independent commission comprising three judges from China, HK and an
overseas country. Any