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AIRPORT
4. FORMER LEGCO MEMBER AND BASIC LAW DRAFTER WONG PO-YAN WAS APPOINTED AS CHAIRMAN OF THE 50-MEMBER AIRPORT CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE. MANY PAPERS (2.11) NOTED THAT THE COMMITTEE HAD A STRONG PRO-PEKING REPRESENTATION.
MARTIN LEE
5. MARTIN LEE AND LEE WING TAT OF THE UNITED DEMOCRATS OF HK'S MEETINGS WITH THE FOREIGN SECRETARY AND LABOUR LEADER, NEIL KINNOCK, WERE COVERED (1.11 AND 2.11 REPORTS). IT WAS NOTED THAT MR HURD HAD INDICATED THAT THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT WOULD ASK THE
CHINESE GOVERNMENT IN DUE COURSE TO DISCUSS THE QUESTION OF
INCREASING THE PACE OF DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT IN HK.
LEGCO DEBATE ON GOVERNOR'S POLICY ADDRESS
6. THE LEGCO DEBATE ON THE GOVERNOR'S POLICY ADDRESS WAS ACCORDED EXTENSIVE COVERAGE BY THE MEDIA (31.10 AND 1.11). MOST MEMBERS FOCUSED THEIR ATTENTION ON SINO-HK RELATIONS, CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, INFLATION AND THE LAW AND ORDER SITUATION.
HK ALLIANCE
7.
LEGCO MEMBER SZETO WAH WAS RE-ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF THE HK
ALLIANCE IN SUPPORT OF THE PATRIOTIC DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT IN CHINA (1.11). MR SZETO WAH SAID THAT THE GROUP WOULD CONTINUE TO PURSUE THEIR GOALS, INCLUDING CALLING FOR THE RELEASE OF PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS, THE REDRESSING OF THE 1989 PRO-DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT AND THE ENDING OF ONE-PARTY ONE RULE IN CHINA. HE SAID WHETHER THE
CHINESE RECOGNISED LEGCO HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE EXISTENCE OF THE HK ALLIANCE.
TAIWAN
8. A CHINA NEWS SERVICE DISPATCH SAID THAT TAIWAN'S TOP OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVE IN HK, LI CHANG-YI, INDICATED THAT TAIWAN WOULD NOT RETREAT FROM HK AFTER 1997 AND WOULD ACTIVELY CONTRIBUTE TO THE TERRITORY'S DEVELOPMENT.
LAWYERS
9. THE BAR COUNCIL IN ENGLAND WAS AMENDING ITS ARTICLES WITH A VIEW TO ALLOWING HK LAWYERS TO PRACTISE IN THE UK. THE MOVE WAS TO ENSURE THAT HK LAWYERS WOULD NOT HAVE TO SUCCUMB TO POLITICAL PRESSURE AFTER 1997, SING TAO DAILY (4.11) SAID.
BASIC LAW
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