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TELEGRAM NUMBER 1039 OF 8 JULY.
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
MY TELNO 1016: BASIC LAW
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1. THE FIRST SESSION OF THE BASIC LAW DRAFTING COMMITTEE TOOK PLACE IN PEKING ON 1-5 JULY. THE FRONT PAGE OF CHINA DAILY FOR 6 JULY IS DOMINATED BY PHOTOGRAPHS OF DENG XIAOPING AND HU YAOBANG MEETING DRAFTING COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO ALSO MT WITH PRESIDENT LI XIANNIAN AND NPC STANDING COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN PENG ZHEN. HU TOLD COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT THEY WERE COMPOSING THE FIRST SYMPHONY FOR UNIFYING THE MOTHERLAND''.
2. J PENGFE'S SUMMARY REPORT TO THE DRAFTING COMMITTEE'S CLOSING CEREMONY WAS PRINTED IN FULL N PEOPLE'S DAILY OF 6 JULY. J DESCRIBED THE FIRST MEETING AS A SUCCESS AND AS HAVING ACHIEVED FRUITFUL RESULTS. HE SAID THAT THE DRAFTING COMMITTEE'S MEETING HAD BEEN THE FIRST TIME CHINESE PEOPLE LIVING UNDER DIFFERENT SOCIAL SYSTEMS HAD SAT DOWN AND WORKED TOGETHER. HE CONTINUED BY SAYING THAT THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAD CO-OPERATED QUITE WELL, AS WE ARE KITH AND KIN AND SHARE THE COMMON GOAL OF MAINTAINING THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE STATE AND THE STABILITY AND PROSPERITY OF HONG KONG''. JI SAID THAT THE MAINLAND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE SHOULD LEARN MORE ABOUT HONG KONG'S HISTORY AND ITS PRESENT CONDITION AND SHOULD GAIN A THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF THE OPINIONS AND SUGGESTIONS OF HONG KONG RESIDENTS ON THE BASIC LAW. TO PROMOTE THE NECESSARY
LEARNING AND UNDERSTANDING, Jil SUGGESTED THAT SPECIAL MEETINGS AND SEMINARS BE HELD AND SOME COMMITTEE MEMBERS BE SENT TO HONG KONG TO MAKE ON THE SPOT HNVESTIGATIONS. HE ASKED THE HONG KONG BASED COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO INITIATE AND ORGANISE A CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE IN HONG KONG (WITH HELP FROM THE NCNA, HONG KONG) TO COLLECT LOCAL OPINIONS ON AND SUGGESTIONS FOR THE BASIC LAW. JN SAID THAT THE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE WOULD BE A NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATION MN CONTRAST TO THE DRAFTING COMMITTEE WHICH WOULD BE A GOVERNMENTAL ORGAN. HE SAID THAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO COMMITTEES WOULD BE THEIR NATURE AND FUNCTION, ADDING THAT NEITHER WOULD ASSUME LEADERSHIP OVER THE OTHER. JE CONCLUDED BY SAYING THAT NE KTHER WOULD ASSUME LEADERSHIP OVER THE OTHER. CONCLUDED BY SAYING THAT NEITHER MAINLAND NOR HONG KONG BASED MEMBERS HAD HAD ANY SECRETS TO HIDE FROM THE OTHER AND THAT THERE HAD BEEN A FRANK EXCHANGE OF OPINIONS AND IDEAS.
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3. THE SECOND DRAFTING COMMITTEE MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE IN MARCH 1986 WHEN THE COMPOSITION AND THE MAIN CONTENTS'' OF THE BASIC LAW WILL BE DISCUSSED.
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