6.
Supplementary to Question No 3:
Segéd meeting on 6 July 1988,
MR. SZETO (in Cantonese):
happens to be the end of the consultation period for the
draft Basic Law. In the interim, there will be a lot of
preparation work in connection with the consultation of
draft the Basic Law, and moreover, many people have asked for an
extension of the consultation period to six months. Now
the Government says that the consultation period will be
extended to four
Is it possible for the
consultation period
Sir, the end of September also
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months.
Government to consider extending the
to half a year?
SE CREE TARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER: Sir, the reasons
given to us so far for extending the consultation period
that is, are mainly logistical, in organising meetings and
discussions during July and August when some people are
away on leave or on holiday. We have, therefore, concluded
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for the moment that an extension until mid-October should
get round all these various difficulties.
heard of other requests or reasons.
We have not
MR MARTIN LEE: Sir, does the Administration not think it
proper to further extend the
consultation period by
by at
least one month, So that the Members on the incoming
Legislative
report?
Council
could
debate this very important
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