BASIC LAW (189)
Date
Statements by Chinese
Officials
Newspaper Comments/Editorials Non-Communist
Communist
21.8.85 (cont'd)
22.8.85
Statements/Comments
by others
Draft constitution for the Basic Law
consultative committee published by the NCNA: The committee will have 120 to 200 members. The term of office will last until the Basic Law is completed. Full meetings of the committee will be held twice a year. All members will join the committee in a personal capacity through three channels. They may be invited by the preparatory committee
Chartered surveyor Lau
Shiu-kwan: Private
property ownership should be protected under the Basic Law.
Drafting committee member Maria Tam: People who donate money to the consultative committee
will not have any control over the body. No matter how much a person donates, he will not have any influence in the
group.
(report) Source: China has earlier invited civil servants to joint the drafting committee but the Government turned down the invitation.
HK Affairs Society vice-president Man Sai-cheong: The method of selecting consultative committee members as spelt out in the draft constitution is still
vague.
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