TNAG-1399-FCO40-1871-Future-of-Hong-Kong-Basic-Law-1985 — Page 268

BASIC LAW (252)

Date

Statements by Chinese

Officials

Newspaper Comments/Editorials Non-Communist

Communist

Statements/Comments

by others

6.11.85 (cont'd)

7.11.85

The South China Morning Post: The outcome of the pullout from the joint conference of labour groups on the Basic Law by the Federation of Civil Service Unions is most unsatisfactory as it means that 10 per cent of HK's 170 000 civil

Tin Tin Daily News: All sides should calm down and try to resolve their differences through self-restraint and conciliation. The BLCC preparatory committee should try to mediate in the dispute.

Bar Association chairman Denis Chang: No laws apart from the Basic Law and the laws of HK should be applied to the

territory in the future, and the legal systems of HK and China should be kept separate.

Chairman of the Federation of Civil Service Unions Wong Wai-hung: The FCSU has decided to pull out of the joint conference of labour groups on the Basic Law because the selection of nominees is unfair and is manipulated by left-wing unions.

A liaison office for some independent youth groups, in a letter to the BLCC preparatory working group, suggests that the BLCC set up a working group to canvass and consult young people's views on the Basic Law.