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Chapter 5 The Drafting Committee and the Consultative Committee
for the Basic Law
Objectives
After the lessons, students should be able to :
1.
account for the establishment of the Drafting Committee and the Consultative Committee for the Basic Law;
2.
list the duties of the two Committees; and
3.
analyse the significance of the two Committees.
Content Outline
I.
THE DRAFTING COMMITTEE
(1)
Establishment
in
the
(a) The Drafting Committee was established
1985 with the membership list passed by National People's Congress. When it was newly established, there were 59 members, among whom 23 were from various sectors in Hong Kong.
(b)
(Note In November 1989, the total number of members was 51; 22 members from Hong Kong and 29 members from the Mainland.)
The members were divided into five special groups to work on the following areas :
Relation between the Central Authorities and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Political structure
Fundamental rights and duties of residents
Economy
Education, science, technology, culture, sports and religion
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