TNAG-1399-FCO40-1871-Future-of-Hong-Kong-Basic-Law-1985 — Page 175

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BASIC LAW (175)

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11.8.85 (cont'd)

12.8.85

The HK Daily News: the consultative committee should ideally comprise 140 to 160 members. The only viable method of selecting consultative

under different community

sector or functional groups but will instead be known collectively as "representatives of

various community sectors". This is so because in categorising

the members under different community

sectors, there is a

danger that a particular sector or sectors may be missed out.

* Drafting committee member Liu Yiu-chu: Terms such as "democratic consultation", "nomi- nation" and "invitation" have been mentioned time and again when people express views on the method to choose the consultative committee members but the exact meanings of these terms have not been clearly defined.

Principal of the

Internati onal Chinese Medical Institute of HK, John Fong: The Basic Law should guarantee that practitioners of

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