TNAG-1399-FCO40-1871-Future-of-Hong-Kong-Basic-Law-1985 — Page 61

BASIC LAW (75)

Date

Statements by Chinese

Officials

Newspaper Comments/Editorials Non-Communist

Communist

10.6.85 (cont'd)

11.6.85

NCNA HK branch deputy general secretary Niu Zhao: The proposed

membership of the Basic Law drafting committee has been basically finalised and it is unlikely that Sir S.Y. Chung will be included.

* NPC Standing Committee member Fei Yimin: HK members of the Basic Law drafting committee will soon fly to Peking to attend the first meeting to be held in the

beginning of July. The meeting will last one week. During the meeting, there will be an

introduction on Basic Law drafting and a discussion on the drafting work.

Statements/Comments

by others

BBC broadcast: The inclusion of 23 HK people in the Basic Law drafting committee, four of them

as deputy directors, shows that China is sincere in upholding HK's stability and prosperity.

* New Evening Post: The proposed list of HK members on the Basic Law drafting committee can represent different sectors of the local community.

(report) Ta Kung Pao said the Basic Law drafting committee will have 59 members, the names are as follows:

Chen Chu

Chen Xin

Ji Pengfei