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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1986
+EXPERIENCE OVER THE LAST YEAR SUGGESTS THAT THIS STRUCTURE IS SERVING HONG KONG WELL, HE SAID.
SIR EDWARD AT THIS POINT REFERRED TO THE BASIC LAW DRAFTING COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED BY THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, AND ITS VARIOUS SPECIALIST GROUPS.
HE SAID THAT DURING THE YEAR THEY HAD DISCUSSED MANY ISSUES WHICH WERE KEY TO THE POLITICAL STRUCTURE IN THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION AFTER 1997, AND TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION AND THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT.
+THE BASIC LAW CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN ABLE TO REFLECT THE VIEWS OF A WIDE SPECTRUM OF HONG KONG PEOPLE AND THERE HAS BEEN LIVELY DEBATE ELSEWHERE AND IN THE MEDIA,+ SIR EDWARD SAID.
+IT WILL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT TO PROMULGATE THE BASIC LAW- BUT ALL CONCERNED WILL NEED TO KEEP THE DISCUSSIONS ON IT CONSTANTLY IN MIND.+
REITERATING THE REMARK HE MADE LAST YEAR, SIR EDWARD SAID HE WAS SURE THAT BOTH THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT WOULD BE ALIVE, AT ALL TIMES, TO THE CONCERNS AND VIEWS OF THE OTHER, AS WELL AS TO THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG,
+THIS IS THE BEST FORMULA FOR MAINTAINING CONFIDENCE AND ENSURING A SMOOTH TRANSFER OF GOVERNMENT IN 1997,+ HE SAID.
'UNOFFICIAL' TO BE DELETED FROM TITLE *****
A CHANGE OF TITLE FOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS WAS PROPOSED BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
+ IN FUTURE WE SHALL NOT, IN GENERAL, USE THE TITLE UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, WHICH CAN BE MISLEADING TO THOSE NOT FAMILIAR WITH ITS OPERATIONS, HE SAID.
+ALL ARE MEMBERS OF THE SAME COUNCIL AND WE SHALL USE THE APPROPRIATE TITLE WHICH REFLECTS THAT FACT THAT IS MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL'.
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+TO ACCOMMODATE THIS CHANGE, IT HAS BEEN AGREED THAT, IN FUTURE, OMELCO: THE OFFICE OF MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS, SHOULD REPLACE UMELCO.+
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