TNAG-1399-FCO40-1871-Future-of-Hong-Kong-Basic-Law-1985 — Page 136

BASIC LAW (140)

Date

Statements by Chinese

Officials

Newspaper Comments/Editorials Non-Communist

Communist

19.7.85 (cont'd)

Statements/Comments

by others

Taiwan's Legislative Yuan member Puk Shau-fu: It is a good thing to draft a Basic Law different from

that under the communist system. He will express his views as an individual.

(report) Sources: The Bar Association and the Law Society have written to the five vice-chairmen of the Basic Law drafting committee in HK,

suggesting that consul- tative committee members should be elected. A Christian group has also written to the HK members

of the drafting

committee, saying that members of the

consultative group should be nominated by community

groups.

* Basic Law drafting

committee member Tam Yiu-chung: He hopes to contact young workers and students to listen to their views and to

construct HK's future.