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HAVE TO BE DECIDED BY THE NPC STANDING COMMITTEE. HE EXPLAINED THAT LEGISLATORS ELECTED IN 1995 HAD TO SATISFY THE OBJECTIVE STANDARDS SET DOWN IN THE BL REGARDING AGE, PLACE OF RESIDENCE, WHETHER THEY WERE FOREIGN PASSPORT HOLDERS, AND HAD BE CONFIRMED BY THE SAR PREPARATORY COMMITTEE. LU WAS QUOTED AS SAYING THAT TAKING AN OATH WOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO SHOW ALLEGIANCE TO THE HKSAR. THE MAJOR PROBLEM WAS WITH ''UPHOLDING THE BL'' WHICH SHOULD BE DETERMINED BY OBJECTIVE CRITERIA TO BE SET BY THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE. LU WAS ALSO QUOTED AS SAYING THAT IT WOULD BE THE BIGGEST TRAGEDY IF HK
BECAME A POLITICAL CITY.
PREPARATORY WORKING COMMITTEE
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14. THE PAPERS REPORTED THAT THE CHINESE SIDE WERE CONSIDERING
SETTING UP AD HOC GROUPS UNDER THE PREPARATORY WORKING COMMITTEE AND THAT NON-MEMBERS WOULD BE ALLOWED TO JOIN THESE GROUPS TO INCREASE ITS REPRESENTATIVENESS. ZHOU NAN, AT A MEETING WITH LOCAL NPC AND CPPCC DELEGATES AND HK AFFAIRS ADVISERS, WAS REPORTED TO HAVE SAID THAT LOCAL DELEGATES AND ADVISERS WHO WERE NOT MEMBERS OF
THE WORKING COMMITTEE COULD GIVE THEIR VIEWS BY TAKING PART IN THE
AD HOC GROUPS.
15. SEPARATELY, FORMER BL DRAFTER WU JIANFAN WAS QUOTED AS SAYING THAT ONLY LAWS THAT DID NOT CONTRAVENE THE BL COULD REMAIN VALID IN HK AFTER 1997. HE SAID THOSE LAWS CONCERNING ROYAL PRIVILEGES AND THE GOVERNOR WOULD HAVE TO BE CHANGED.
AIRPORT
16. CHINESE AGREEMENT TO THE CENTRAL/WANCHAI RECLAMATION PROJECT WAS WIDELY WELCOMED. ACC MEMBER AND HK AFFAIRS ADVISER CHENG YIU-
TONG CONSIDERED THAT THIS SHOWED THAT CHINA AND BRITAIN WERE PREPARED TO DEAL WITH POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC MATTERS SEPARATELY. ANOTHER ACC MEMBER LEUNG KWONG-CHEONG HOWEVER DISAGREED. SOURCES, SING PAO NOTED THAT CHINESE APPROVAL TO THE CENTRAL/WANCHAI RECLAMATION DID NOT MEAN THAT THE FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE AIRPORT RAILWAY WOULD BE RESOLVED.
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