TNAG-1396-FCO40-1868-Future-of-Hong-Kong-Basic-Law-1985 — Page 117

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1. APC STANDING COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN AND POLITBURO MEMBER PENG ZHEN MET JOURNALISTS FROM HONG KONG AND MACAU ON 29 MARCH, HIS REMARKS IN RESPONSE TU THEIR QUESTIONS WERE CARRIED ON THE FRONT PAGE UF

PEUPLE'S DAILY THE FOLLOWING DAY. PENG SAID THAT:

(A) AFTER THE JOINT JEULANATION MAD UNDERGONE EXAMINATION AND APPROVAL OY THE NPC NUT UNE MUND OF IT OR ITS THREE ANNEXES WOULD

SE ALTERED,

(D) THE CURRENT NPC SESSTON MOULD DISCUSS AND DECIDE ON THE

ESTABLISHMENT JF A DRAFTING COMMITTEE FOR THE BASIC LAW.

(C) THE COMPOSITION OF THE DRAFTING COMMITTEE WOULD BE DECIDED

DY THE NPC STANDING COMMITTEE AFTER WIDE CONSULTATION.

(V) ASKED IF HUNG KUNG PEOPLE WOULD PARTICIPATE IN THE COMMITTEE, PENG SAID THAT IT *MOULD NOT DU IF THEY DID NUT (NOT) PARTICIPATE,

(c) THE QUESTION OF THE INTERPRETATION OF THE BASIC LAW HAŬ NOT YET BEEN DISCUSSED BY THE NPC UR ITS STANDING COMMITTEE, BUT PENG'S PERSONAL VIEW WAS THAT THE POWER OF INTERPRETATION SHOULD REST

WITH THE STANDING COMMITTEE.

(F) THE ESTABLISHMENT OF . CAPITALIST HONG KONG SAR WAS NUT IN

CONTRADICTION WITH CHINA'S CONSTITUTION. ARTICLES 31 AND 62 UF THE CONSTITUTION GAVE THE NPC THE NECESSAKY POWER TO ESTABLISH AN SAK AND DETERMINE ITS SOCIAL SYSTEM. SOCIALISM WOULD BE PRACTISED ON THE MAINLAND, WHILE HONG KONG WOULD PRACTISE CAPITALISM. TO ALLOW HUNG KONG'S SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC SYSTEMS AND LIFESTYLE TO REMA IN UNCHANGED WAS TO PROCEED FROM REALITY. AFTER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SAR, HONG KONG PEOPLE WOULD RUN HONG KONG THEMSELVES.

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