TNAG-1368-FCO40-1814-Constitutional-reforms-in-Hong-Kong-1986 — Page 40

Date

Statements by Chinese

Officials

Constitutional Reforms (19)

Statements by Government News Comments/Editorials

Officials

11.11.85 (cont'd)

13.11.85

Wang Luming, counsellor at the HK & Macau Affairs Office: HK's post-1997 political system would be stipulated by the Basic Law. Political reforms in HK must not be too drastic.

willing to let HK people seek a political system suited to the territory without unnecessary intervention.

Communist Paper

Wen Wei Po: In the interest of HK people, the Government should conduct the review of representative government after the first draft of the Basic Law was ready instead of in 1987.

17.11.85

19.11.85

(reported by ATV) Source close to British team on the JLG: China had indicated its hope that the Joint Liaison Group

Statements/Comments

by others

Martin Lee:

Political

reforms in HK should not wait until the

promulgation of the Basic Law. By 1988, a quarter of Legco seats should be directly elected.

Joseph Cheng: Called for the development of a committee system.