TNAG-1399-FCO40-1871-Future-of-Hong-Kong-Basic-Law-1985 — Page 78

BASIC LAW (91)

Date

Statements by Chinese

Officials

Newspaper Comments/Editorials Non-Communist

Communist

20.6.85 (cont'd)

Statements/Comments by others

HK Standard: There are

few surprises in the

drafting committee membership list.

The Express: China, in picking HK members on the drafting committee, has obviously failed to take the interests of all sections into account.

HK Daily News: The drafting committee membership list shows that Peking will attach importance to the views of HK people.

* CPPCC delegate and

drafting committee member: T.K. Ann: The Basic Law should set out broad principles and guidelines only and should not be too detailed.

Lawyer and drafting committee member Martin

Lee: the Basic Law should not be too detailed but certain points should be spelt out in detail. It should also spell out clearly the extent to which local courts can interpret the Basic Law.

Heung Yee Kuk chairman Lau Wong-fat: the Kuk will set up a working group to solicit the views of NT residents on

Basic law drafting.

Institute of Inter-

national Affairs chairman

Hocking Wong: The

institute will set up a

Basic Law group to

collect public opinion.