TNAG-1396-FCO40-1868-Future-of-Hong-Kong-Basic-Law-1985 — Page 18

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(Press cutting from Wen Wei Po dated 6.7.85)

Communique on the First Full Session of the Basic

Law Drafting Committee for the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong

NCNA, Beijing, 5 July

The communique on the first full session of the Basic Law

Drafting Committee for the PRC'S HK SAR is as follows:

The Basic Law Drafting Committee for the PRC'S HK SAR held

its first full session in Beijing from 1st to 5th July 1985. Of the total,

56 members attended the session and 3 were absent due to some other

engagement.

On 1st July, Mr JI Pengfei, Chairman of the Committee, announced

at the full session the formal commencement of work of the HK SAR'S Basic

Law Drafting Committee. He explained the nature and mission of the

Committee and put forward some tentative ideas on the general programmes

and steps of the drafting work and the Committee's working methods. Members

of the Committee had group discussions on 2nd and 3rd July. On the morning

of 4th July, the Chairman and Vice-chairmen of the Drafting Committee held

a seminar with the Hong Kong members. In the afternoon, Vice-chairman

T.K. ANN chaired the full session and some members spoke in the meeting.

In the morning of 5th July, top leaders of the Party and the State, including HU Yaobang, DENG Xiaoping, LI Xiannian and PENG Zheng, received members of the first full session of the Basic Law Drafting Committee.