TNAG-1399-FCO40-1871-Future-of-Hong-Kong-Basic-Law-1985 — Page 94

BASIC LAW (105)

Date

Statements by Chinese

Officials

Newspaper Comments/Editorials Non-Communist

Communist

2.7.85 (cont'd)

Statements/Comments

by others

vital to HK. Agenda of the drafting committee's meetings and frequencies of the meetings should be made public.

Drafting committee member Justice Simon Li: The consultative group should be set up along the line of the Assessment Office. Confidentiality of the drafting committee's meetings is needed to ensure a free expression of views by members.

Drafting committee member Louis Cha: To keep everything confidential will hamper the

consultation process.

Some contents of the

committee meetings should be made public.

Drafting committee member Martin Lee: The HK SAR

legislature should have the power to amend the Basic Law. The Basic Law should have an English version which carries the weight as the Chinese version.