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DEMOCRACY AND THE BASIC LAW: COMMENTS BY MFA PRESS SPOKESMAN
PEOPLE'S DAILY (30 MAY) REPORTED COMMENTS BY WU JIANMIN, MFA PRESS SPOKESMAN, ON 30 MAY TO THE EFFECT THAT HONG KONG'S BASIC LAW COULD NOT BE AMENDED BEFORE IT CAME INTO EFFECT IN 1997.
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2. ASKED TO COMMENT ON A REPORT WHICH SAID THAT SOME BRITISH OFFICIALS IN HONG KONG HAD RECENTLY ASSERTED THE BASIC LAW COULD BE AMENDED BEFORE 1997, WU SAID THAT THE BASIC LAW OF THE HKSAR CONTAINED EXPLICIT STIPULATIONS REGARDING THE COMPOSITION OF THE FIRST LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF THE HKSAR. THE CHINESE SIDE HAD REPEATEDLY STATED ITS POSITION ON THIS SUBJECT. HE ADDED THAT, ACCORDING TO ITS AMENDMENT PROCEDURES, THE BASIC LAW COULD NOT BE AMENDED BEFORE IT CAME INTO EFFECT ON 1 JULY 1997 AND THAT THE CHINESE SIDE HAD NO INTENTION OF DISCUSSING THIS MATTER WITH THE BRITISH SIDE.
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