TNAG-1453-FCO40-1964-Future-of-Hong-Kong-Basic-Law-1986 — Page 137

Date

5.2.86 (cont'd)

Statements by Chinese

Officials

BASIC LAW (29)

Newspaper Comments/Editorials Non-Communist

Communist

hopes because in practice

the Chinese leadership

6.2.86

(report) Ming Pao: Secretary general of China's HK and Macau Affairs Office Lu Ping said those parts of HK laws which are not compatible with the Basic Law and with China's sovereign rights would have to be amended after 1997.

will have the final say in running the territory.

Sing Pao: The delegation led by secretary general of China's HK and Macau Affairs Office Lu Ping has met only people from the upper class during its month-long visit to HK and has neglected people at grassroots level. To make up for this, the BLCC should widely consult people from this section.

7.2.86

(report) Ming Pao: Two members of the team of Chinese legal experts Wei Dingren and Lian Xisheng said the preamble of the Basic Law will be a

review of HK's history.

This part will not be

written in legal

language. The second part

will set out the

principles of the Basic Law. The third part will

Statements/Comme

by others

Legco member Martin Lee: He disagrees that the part of the Basic Law concerning HK's future political system be drafted before the 1987 political review. If the review shows that current political reforms are acceptable

to the public, BLDC members should take them

into consideration when drafting the Basic Law.

Survey by the Association for Continuing Education: Britain should have the power to interpret parts of the Basic Law which reflect the spirit of the Joint Declaration.