TNAG-1398-FCO40-1870-Future-of-Hong-Kong-Basic-Law-1985 — Page 16

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INFO IMMED PATE PEKING

HONG KONG AGREEMENT : RESTRICTED : BASIC LAW CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE

THE BASIC LAW CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE (BLCC) MET ON 6 DECEMBER TO FORM AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF 19 AND, FROM THEM, TO SELECT A TEAM OF SEVEN OFFICE BEARERS. THE METHOD USED FOR THE SELECTION OF OFFICE BEARERS HAS DEVELOPED INTO A PUBLIC CONTROVERSY.

2. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WAS ELECTED BY SECRET BALLOT AT THE FULL MEETING FROM A SHORT LIST OF CANDIDATES (32 IN NUMBER) EACH OF WHOM HAD BEEN PROPOSED AND SUPPORTED BY AT LEAST 20 OTHER BLCC MEMBERS. THE NEWLY-ELECTED EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE THEN PROCEEDED TO ELECT THE OFFICE BEARERS. UNDER SECTION 9.3 OF THE BLCC CONSTITUTION, A CHAIRMAN, FIVE VICE-CHAIRMEN AND ONE SECRETARY-GENERAL ARE TO BE - ELECTED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS OF THE BLCC BY VOTING AMONG THEMSELVES. HOWEVER, ACCORDING TO MEDIA AND OTHER REPORTS, THE ELECTION PROCEDURE UNDER SECTION 9.3 WAS NOT FOLLOWED. INSTEAD THE FOUR VICE-CHAIRMEN OF THE BASIC LAW DRAFTING COMMITTEE IN HONG KONG (XU JPATUN, FEM YIMIN, Y.K. PAO AND DAVID LF) PRODUCED A LIST OF OFFICE-BEARERS, WHICH WAS THEN ADOPTED WITHOUT DISSENT BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

3. THE OFFICE BEARERS THUS SELECTED WERE: CHAIRMAN : T.K. ANN

VICE-CHAIRMEN: RAYSON HUANG

RECEIVER

WONG KWAN-CHENG

LEE KAI-MING

PHILLIP KWOK

JUSTICE T.L. YANG

SECRETARY-GENERAL : MAO JUNNIAN

THE OTHER EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WERE:

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T.S. LO, LORD KADOOR IE, REV. PETER KWONG, KO STU-WAH, LOUIS CHA, WONG PO-YAN, LEUNG CHUN-YING, DENIS CHANG, KWOK YUEN-HON, NG HON-MAN, PHILIP YUEN AND KONG. TAK-YAN.

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