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EXPRESSED IN THE BL. SHAO SAID THAT PROVISIONS SHOULD BE SUCH THAT
THE BL WOULD NOT BE EASILY AMENDED. HE ALSO AGREED WITH THE
SUGGESTION THAT THE TWELVE BASIC POLICIES OF THE STATE REGARDING HONG KONG SET OUT IN THE JD SHOULD BE SET OUT IN CHAPTER I OF THE BL, BUT PRECISELY HOW THIS SHOULD BE EXPRESSED IN THE BL WOULD NEED TO BE FURTHER CONSIDERED.
(B) PRESS COMMENTARIES
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COMMENTING ON THE OPENING OF BLDC IV, THE EXPRESS SAID THE
MEETING WAS HELD AT AN APPROPRIATE TIME BECAUSE IT SHOWED THAT CHINA'S CAMPAIGN AGAINST BOURGEOIS LIBERALISATION HAD NOT AFFECTED
THE ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS' PLAN. BOTH THE EXPRESS AND SING PAO PRAISED THE HK BLDC MEMBERS FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS TO REFLECT
HONG KONG VIEWS.
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8. HONG KONG STANDARD COMMENTED THAT THE ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS POLICY WOULD ONLY WORK IF THE PEOPLE OF CHINA AND HK
SUPPORTED IT WITH ENTHUSIASM. IT SAID THAT CURRENT ANXIETIES COULD BE ALLAYED CONSIDERABLY IF PEOPLE WERE REASSURED THAT THEIR BASIC RIGHTS AND THE TERRITORY'S CAPITALIST SYSTEM AND LIFESTYLE WOULD NOT BE CHANGED IN THE FUTURE. MORALE WOULD ALSO BE STRENGTHENED IF
THE CHINESE STATUTES APPLICABLE TO THE HK SAR WERE CLEARLY SPELT OUT, AND THAT NEW LAWS ENACTED BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT AND APPLICABLE TO THE SAR WOULD NOT BE IMPLEMENTED WITHOUT FIRST GOING THROUGH THE LOCAL LEGISLATURE. SUCH MEASURES WOULD NOT INFRINGE CHINA'S SOVEREIGNTY, BUT WOULD BOOST THE CONFIDENCE OF HK PEOPLE.
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IN A THREE-PART ARTICLE, WEN WEI PO REVIEWED THE MAJOR ISSUES ON WHICH BLDC MEMBERS HAVE REACHED AGREEMENT AND THOSE WHICH WERE STILL BEING DEBATED. THE ARTICLE SAID THAT BLDC MEMBERS WERE DIVIDED AS TO WHETHER THE BL SHOULD EMPHASISE ONE COUNTY'' OR ''TWO SYSTEMS'': THOSE INCLINED TO STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF TWO
SYSTEMS WERE MOSTLY HK MEMBERS.
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HKEJ COMMENTED THAT THERE WERE SIGNS THAT THE PACE OF WORK OF THE BLDC SPECIAL GROUP ON POLITICAL SYSTEM WOULD BE FURTHER SLOWED DOWN. FURTHERMORE, IT WOULD FOLLOW THE GREEN PAPER CONSULTATION PROCEDURE, 1.E. THE SPECIAL GROUP WILL SET OUT IN ITS REPORT A RANGE OF OPTIONS FOR PUBLIC CONSULTATION BEFORE MAKING FIRM RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE SAR'S POLITICAL SYSTEM.
11. WEN WEI PO SAID THAT THE WORKING REPORT OF THE BLDC SPECIAL GROUP ON POLITICAL SYSTEM TO BE SUBMITTED TO BLDC V IN AUGUST WOULD UNLIKELY CONTAIN MANY CONCLUSIVE VIEWS, PARTICULARLY IN RESPECT OF THE COMPOSITION OF THE LEGISLATURE AND THE SELECTION OF THE SAR'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE. IT FURTHER SAID THAT AFTER BLDC IV, MAINLAND MEMBERS IN THIS SPECIAL GROUP WOULD INDIVIDUALLY EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS
ON THE POLITICAL SYSTEM.
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