Date
1.7.85 (cont'd)
2.7.85
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BASIC LAW (103)
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* (report) Drafting committee secretary- general Li Hou: The Basic Law drafting committee will set up a secretariat in HK to deal with
routine work. Part of the HK members on the drafting committee will be convenors for organising the
consultative committee. News about the Basic Law will have to be announced by the committee's
secretariat, and
individual members can only express their
personal views.
Financial Daily: Basic Law drafting committee chairman Ji Pengfei's address to the group's first meeting, in which he says the Basic Law will embody the one country, two systems" concept and that the Joint Declaration will form the legal basis for the Basic Law, should be welcomed.
committee as they
understand how the Government operates.
Anthony Luk of HK Civil Servants General Union: The views of various civil service unions can be sought on any questions concerning civil servants during the consultation process of the Basic Law.
HK Affairs Society
spokesman Albert Ho: The consultative committee should be formed by various local
organisations through consultation. Its members should be recognised by the Chinese authorities and should have formal consultative status.
* Drafting committee vice-chairman T.K. Ann: Community groups which want to join the consultative body must agree that HK's economic structure is based on
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