BASIC LAW (156)
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30.7.85 (cont'd)
31.7.85
The HK Daily News: The NCNA should take the initiative to join the six-member working group to consult the public on the membership of the consultative committee and then draw up a preliminary list of membership, which should be finalised in consultation with the
NCNA.
independent body.
comprising 100 to 150 people. The members should be chosen from a wide cross-section of the community through a democratic consultation process and 20 per cent
of the members should come from the labour
sector.
Miss L.K. Wong of the HK Affairs Institute: The Basic Law should be as detailed as possible to avoid the need to ask China's NPC to interpret its meaning.
HK drafting committee member Louis Cha (interview with Ming Pao): China will faithfully implement the Basic Law and HK will be allowed to have "chartered democracy" only if it will benefit the state.
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