TNAG-1399-FCO40-1871-Future-of-Hong-Kong-Basic-Law-1985 — Page 26

Date

7.4.85 (cont'd)

Statements by Chinese

Officials

BASIC LAW (47)

Newspaper Comments/Editorials Non-Communist

Communist

9.4.85

* Local NPC delegate Xu Simin: The Basic Law drafting committee will comprise 50 members, 15 of them will be HK people.

Statements/Comments

by others

cross-section of the community so that HK's situation can be more accurately reflected.

with domestic affairs

should rest with HK's supreme court. As for those laws concerning the central government or the SAR government, the interpreting power should be vested with the NPC.

CU lecturer Andrew Wong: NPC should have the interpretion power but the final judgement should be made by HK

court.

Central/Western DB member Vincent Ko: The Basic Law consultative committee should not include too many members from the

legal circle. Instead, it should absorb HK people who are familiar with Chinese and HK affairs.