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BASIC LAW: BLDC VI: DAY 5: SPEECHES BY LOUIS CHA AND SZETO WAH PRESS REPORTS
SUMMARY
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LOUIS CHA WAS AGAINST WORKING OUT A MAINSTREAM VIEW ON THE FUTURE POLITICAL SYSTEM IN A HURRY. INTERESTS OF VARIOUS PARTIES SHOULD BE GIVEN DUE CONSIDERATION TO ENSURE ACCEPTABILITY OF THE SUGGESTED DELETING SOME OF THE EXPLANATORY NOTES IN CHAPTERS IV AND X. SZETO WAH PROPOSED GIVING THE PUBLIC A RANGE OF OPTIONS TO CONSIDER WHEN CONSULTING THEM ON THE BL. THE PRINCIPLE OF QUOTE HK PEOPLE ADMINISTERING HK UNQUOTE WAS EMPHASISED. THE BL SHOULD SPECIFY THAT THE SAR WOULD NOT SET UP A LOCAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS.
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(A) SPEECH BY LOUIS CHA
2. LOUIS CHA SAID THAT VIEWS WERE STILL DIVIDED ON THE METHOD OF SELECTING THE CE AND THE COMPOSITION OF THE LEGISLATURE. THE DIVERGENCE OF VIEWS WITHIN THE SPECIAL GROUP ON POLITICAL SYSTEM REFLECTED THE DIVISION OF VIEWS IN SOCIETY AT LARGE. HE SUGGESTED THAT THE FIRST DRAFT OF THE BL TO BE RELEASED NEXT APRIL SHOULD SET OUT ALL THE MAJOR PROPOSALS ON THE FUTURE POLITICAL SYSTEM. TO PRODUCE A MAINSTREAM VIEW IN A HURRY NOW WOULD RESULT IN SOME OPTIONS NOT BEING GIVEN PROPER CONSIDERATION. IT WOULD ALSO LEAVE THOSE PARTIES WHOSE VIEWS WERE NOT ADOPTED DISCONTENTED AND HOSTILE TOWARDS THE BL. CHA EMPHASISED THE IMPORTANCE OF WORKING OUT THROUGH CONSULTATION A FORMULA WHICH WOULD TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE INTERESTS OF THE VARIOUS SECTORS. THE VARIOUS OPTIONS IN THE PRESENT DRAFT SHOULD NOT THEREFORE BE ELIMINATED OR COMBINED UNTIL THE BL WAS SUBMITTED TO THE NPC STANDING COMMITTEE IN 1989. AFTER AN EXTENSIVE PERIOD OF CONSULTATION.
3. ACCORDING TO CHA, THE DRAFTERS GENERALLY CONSIDERED THAT THERE WERE TOO MANY EXPLANATORY NOTES IN CHAPTERS IV AND X. HE SUGGESTED THAT THE SPECIAL GROUP SHOULD CONSIDER DELETING SOME OF THEM AT THE NEXT MEETING, AND INSTEAD SUMMARIZE THE VARIOUS OPTIONS SET OUT THEREIN.
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