Date
8.7.85
Statements by Chinese
Official s
BASIC LAW (118)
Newspaper Comments/Editorials Non-Communist
Communist
Statements/Comments
by others
Sing Pao: All sectors of the community should speak up on the Basic Law. More grassroots representatives and young people should be included in the consul tative committee.
HK Economic Journal: The drafting committee has failed to take into consideration the question that the Basic Law formulation should keep pace with the administrative reforms in
HK.
Financial Daily: HK people should have the chance to know more about what has been discussed in Peking.
Ta Kung Pao: Both the Basic Law and the "one country, two systems" plan are unprecedented. Therefore, HK people should join forces to make them work.
Tin Tin Daily News: We support China's decision to make the consultative committee a non- government body. The fact that China has respected minority views in the drafting committee meeting is a manifestation of the true spirit of democracy.
Sources: The 25 members of the drafting committee in HK will hold their first meeting on July 17 to discuss the setting up of the consul tative committee.
* CPPCC delegate Ho Sai-chu: Although the Chinese members outnumber the HK members on the drafting committee, there should be no cause for alarm. The possibility of the drafting committee resorting to a vote will be very sl im as decisions will be made through consultation.
UC member Joseph Chan: China should set up a central secretariat in HK
to oversee the work of
the consul tative
committee.
HK Polytechnic Student Union: the
confidentiality rule for
the drafting committee's
meeting should be
lifted.
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