TNAG-1396-FCO40-1868-Future-of-Hong-Kong-Basic-Law-1985 — Page 97

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The report said the Basic Law consultative committag would pat be registered as a community orgasimation in WX because China had always regarded the drafting of the Basic Las so an internal matter that had nothing to do with the H Goverment. But China would inform the RX Government through diplomatic channels.

Sources told TVB some senior members of tho NOMA VEL bradch would Bit on both the consultative and drafting comittoca, which could enjoy aqual status and report directly to the KPC Standing Committee.

Wed Wei 7o carried an article on the criteria for the pelection of poople from HI to alt on the drafting committee. The poper said the NCHA EX branch and tho EK and Hiacou Affetra office of the State Council hod taken great paine to consider the question. After having considored the views thay bad collected, they gava spacial consideration to two aspects when preparing a draft combership fjor.

First, bare should be "balosced prople" who have ca objective end practical attitude sad take the overall citation and the interests of the majority into consideration. In the past two youze, there had best some people from the left, right and the centre who had shown that chey had the fatoresma of the country and tk at hsort. Thaáy inclusion in the drafting comittes would trout WX pospie's confidɔne and bopafit Mập prosparity mid stabdilig,

Secondly, consideration could be given to people who slose could represent different sectors of the samowity zn that all trades and otrata of upciaty would be represented despite time limited outer DE

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