Date
Statements by Chinese
Officials
BASIC LAW (273)
Newspaper Comments/Editorials Non-Communist
Communist
Statements/Comments by others
7.12.85
The Financial Daily: We are strongly dissatisfied with the way the office-bearers of the BLCC standing committee are chosen as the whole
incident is not in line with the BLCC
Constitution.
The HK Daily News: The Basic Law must be practical and must ensure that HK's future developments are decided by or are acceptable to HK people.
8.12.85
Wah Kiu Yat Po:
Misunderstanding could have been avoided if the office-bearers have been elected in accordance
with the constitution.
The Express: The way the office-bearers have been chosen is an obvious deviation from the BLCC
constitution.
Ta Kung Pao and Wen Wei Po: The BLCC is representative of a wide cross section of the community.
Tin Tin Daily News: BLDC members should relinquish their seats in the BLCC. Because the BLCC is to put forward public opinions while the BLDC. is to implement them, to include BLDC members in the consultative committee will give an impression that they are consulting themselves.
NCNA HK director Xu Jiatun, BLDC vice- chairman Sir Y.K. Pao, BLCC secretary general Mao Junnian and Mr Justice Yang: As the list of office bearers was agreed by all 19 members, it can be regarded as the outcome of a form of mutual election.
BLCC members Cheng Yu-tung and Rev Louis Ha Keloon: The procedures for electing BLCC office bearers are good and the elected members
represented a wide cross section of the community.
Of the six BLDC members who drafted the constitution, Martin Lee, Liu Yiu-chu and Szeto Wah said the method of selecting BLCC office- bearers on December 6 is unconstitutional. Mr
Justice Li and Maria Tam reserves comment, saying that they are not at the scene when the office-