TNAG-1453-FCO40-1964-Future-of-Hong-Kong-Basic-Law-1986 — Page 193

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BASIC LAW (288)

Date

Statements by Chinese

Officials

Newspaper Comments/Editorials Non-Communist

Communist

Statements/Comments

by others

28.12.85 (cont'd)

29.12.85

30.12.85

The HK Economic Journal: The BLCC plans to hold group discussion as a full BLCC discussion session involving all 180 BLCC members. will be difficult because of the sheer size of the group.

Spokesman for a watchdog committee set up by five political opinion groups and six DB members Albert Chan Wai-yip: The committee is disappointed that only few BLCC members have the guts to speak up during the recent controversy surrounding the election of BLCC office bearers.

A source quoted by the HK Economic Journal: No advisors to the BLCC will be hired for the time being because discussion has not even begun.

31.12.85

CS Sir David Akers-Jones: The development of representative system and the Basic Law must

converge. The Basic Law should form the basis of political reforms in HK.

(report) A BLCC secretariat source: The 180 BLCC members will visit Peking next year at

the invitation of the HK and Macau Affairs

Office.

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