>
BASIC LAW (286)
Date
Statements by Chinese
Officials
Newspaper Comments/Editorials Non-Communist
Communist
22.12.85
23.12.85
The HK Daily News: The Basic Law should be drawn up in details if the power of interpreting it rests with Peking but the Basic Law should be in broad outlines only if HK is given the power of interpreting it.
Statements/Comments
by others
BLDC member Wong Po-yan: There should be genuine HK representatives sitting on China's NPC before 1997 to enhance communication between HK and China as the Basic Law will have to be vetted by the congress.
24.12.85
26.12.85
NCNA HK director Xu Jiatun: The delegation to be led by Mr Lu Ping of the HK and Macau Affairs Office will listen to views from various
sectors.
The Oriental Daily News: BLDC member Liu Yiu-chu said she hopes the legal group on HK's future formed by lawyers, experts, judges and law professors will meet the delegation to be led by Mr Lu Ping to discuss Basic Law drafting.
Bar Association chairman Denis Chang: His association plans to set up a Basic Law study group to exchange views with other concerned bodies.
BLDC and BLCC executive committee member Rev Peter Kwong: Some recent comments on the Basic Law are directed at the people involved rather than at the issue. This
is unhealthy.