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1. AT THE MEETING OF THE CONVENERS OF THE BASIC LAW CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE ON 20 AUGUST, THE SUB-GROUP HEADED BY JUSTICE SIMON LI PUT FORWARD A DRAFT CONSTITUTION OF THE BLCC. THIS WAS GIVEN ''PRELIMINARY APPROVAL BY THE CONVENERS AFTER THEY HAD PROPOSED A FEW AMENDMENTS. THE CONVENERS DECIDED THAT THE DRAFT CONSTITUTION SHOULD BE RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC, AND THAT IT WOULD BE FINALLY APPROVED AT THE NEXT MEETING OF THE CONVENERS TO BE HELD ON 7 SEPTEMBER. ALTHOUGH NO SPECIFIC REFERENCE WAS MADE TO THE PUBLIC BEING INVITED TO COMMENT ON THE DRAFT, SEVERAL LEADING MEMBERS OF THE BLCC CONVENING GROUP WERE REPORTED TO HAVE SAID THAT ANY COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT CONSTITUTION WOULD BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT
BEFORE THE CONSTITUTION WAS ADOPTED.
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2. THE TEXT HAS JUST BEEN OFFICIALLY RELEASED BY NONA, ALTHOUGH ITS CONTENT HAD LARGELY BEEN LEAKED BY THE MEDIA IN THE PAST TWO JAYS. OUR TRANSLATION OF THE DRAFT CONSTITUTION IS IN MIFT. (NO ENGLISH VERSION HAS BEEN ISSUED BY NCNA).
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