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ON THE MCS AND DBS, THE BASIC LAW PROVIDES THAT DISTRICT ORGANISATIONS WHICH ARE NOT ORGAN'S OF POLITICAL POWERS MAY BE ESTABLISHED IN THE HKSAR, AND THAT THEIR POWERS, FUNCTIONS AND METHOD FOR FORMATION SHALL BE PRESCRIBED BY LAW.
THE DBS AND MCS ARE CLEARLY (NEXT WORD UNDERLINED) NOT
ORGANS OF POLITICAL POWERS.
THEIR POWERS, FUNCTIONS AND METHODS FOR FORMATION ARE PRESCRIBED IN HONG KONG LAW.
SURPRISED THEREFORE THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT SHOULD HAVE COME TO THE VIEW THAT THE 1994 DBS AND THE 1995 MCS WOULD
CONTRAVENE THE BASIC LAW.
ALSO, ARTICLE 160 OF THE BASIC LAW PROVIDES THAT LAWS PREVIOUSLY IN FORCE IN HONG KONG SHALL BE ADOPTED AS LAWS OF THE SAR EXCEPT FOR THOSE WHICH THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS DECLARES TO BE IN CONTRAVENTION OF THE BASIC LAW. IT IS THEREFORE ODD THAT THE HKMAO OF THE STATE COUNCIL SHOULD MAKE
A PRONOUNCEMENT ON THE MATTER AT THIS TIME.
NOTHING IN THE HKMAO'S STATEMENT WILL DISTRACT US FROM CARRYING OUT THE VERY IMPORTANT TASK OF PUTTING IN PLACE ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE DBS, MCS AND LEGCO IN 1994 AND 1995 WHICH ARE OPEN, FAIR AND ACCEPTABLE TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG. THIS IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY AND WE SHALL DO IT WELL.
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