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MDHIAN 1786
RIGHT OF ABODE IN THE SAR AND FOR CERTAIN POLITICAL AND CIVIL
SERVICE POSTS AFTER 1997.
8. THE GENERAL PUBLIC REMAINED UNINTERESTED. EVEN POST-SECONDARY
STUDENTS DEOMONSTRATED LITTLE ENTHUSIASM. WHEN ASKED TO COMMENT ON DETAILS OF THE DRAFT, MOST PEOPLE QUOTED ARTICLE 169 AS THEIR MAJOR WORRY. QUITE A FEW OF THEM WERE RESIGNED TO THE FACT THAT HOWEVER WELL DRAFTED THE BL MIGHT BE, THERE WAS NO GUARANTEE THAT THE SAR WOULD BE ABLE TO EXERCISE A HIGH DEGREE OF AUTONOMY IF THE
POWER OF INTERPRETATION OF THE BL WERE TO BE VESTED IN THE NPC
STANDING COMMITTEE.
9. IN SPITE OF EARLIER REPORTS THAT THE RIGHT-WING ORGANISATIONS WOULD STAY ALOOF FROM THE CONSULTATION EXERCISE, INDIVIDUALS/ ORGANISATIONS WITH TAIWANESE CONNECTIONS HAVE TAKEN A MORE ACTIVE ROLE THAN EXPECTED. ZHUHAI COLLEGE, FOR INSTANCE, IS ORGANISING A SEMINAR TO DISCUSS THE DRAFT, AND RIGHT-WING LEGCO MEMBER PANG CHUN-HOI WILL ALSO ATTEND A DISCUSSION SESSION WITH THE VISITING
MAINLAND MEMBERS.
WILSON
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