BASIC LAW (24)
Date
Statements by Chinese
Officials
Newspaper Comments/Editorials Non-Communist
Communist
25.1.86 (cont'd)
27.1.86
28.1.86
Statements/Comments by others
Lu Ping (told
representatives of four chambers of commerce): The Basic Law will guarantee the protection
of foreign investments in
HK.
Lu Ping (told
representatives from seven civil service
unions): Local views he collected during his visit here will be
compiled into a paper and reported to the BLDC at its meeting in April.
* BLCC deputy secetary
general Siu Sin-bor: BLCC members will visit China in groups to exchange views with BLDC members. They will pay for their own expenses and the first group is expected to leave for China in six months.
A group of Christians concerned about the Basic Law: The SAR legislature should be given the power to propose amendments to the Basic Law if it has the support of a two-thirds majority.
Chairman of Senior Non-expatriate Officers' Association Albert Lam: The Basic Law should clearly define the
powers of the executive, legislature and the judiciary.
Expatriate Civil
Servants' Association chairman John Lambourn:
The localisation policy should not be written into the Basic Law.
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