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THE LEGISLATURE. THE CURRENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF THE CHINESE

UNIVERSITY STUDENTS WHICH ALSO CALLED FOR AN INTERPRETATION.

LU PHING QUOTED IN THE NEW EVENING POST SAID IT WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE

FOR CHINESE OFFICIALS TO ANNOUNCE A UNILATERAL INTERPRETATION OF THA TERM ACCOUNTABLE'' SINCE THE BRITISH AND THE CHINESE HAD COME TO

A COMMON HNTERPRETATION OF THE TERMS. HE SAID CONSIDERATION COULD BE GIVEN TO PROVIDING A PUBLIC INTERPRETATION OF THE TERM BY BOTH SIDES

IN DUE COURSE. MCNA HK DIRECTOR XU JHATUN TOLD NEWSMEN IN SHENZHEN

THAT LU PING'S COMMENTS ON PARTY POLITICS AND THE MINISTERIAL SYSTEM

WERE HAS PERSONAL VIEWS ONLY. MEETING POINT SAND THE SAR

LEGISLATURE SHOULD HAVE TWO THIRDS OF ITS SEATS DIRECTLY ELECTED

AND THE REMAINING THIRD INDIRECTLY ELECTED BY FUNCTIONAL

CONSTITUENCIES. THE SAR CHIEF EXECUTIVE SHOULD BE ELECTED BY MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE AND SHOULD NOMINATE MINISTERS TO FORM THE

CABINET. MING PAO REPORTED THAT THE BLCC SPECIAL GROUP ON THE

BASIC LAW STRUCTURE WERE PLANNING TO HOLD A PUBLIC FORUM

FOR RESIDENTS TO EXPRESS THEIR WHEWS OF THE BASIC LAW. THE GROUP

SUGGESTED THAT THE NPC SHOULD DECREE THAT PROVISIONS OF THE CHINESE CONS-ITUTION (EXCEPT ARTICLE 31 ON THE SETTING UP OF THE SAR) WOULD

NOT (NOT) BE APPLIED TO HONG KONG FOR 50 YEARS AFTER 1997.

TODAY'S PAPERS REPORTED THAT THREE VISITING CHINESE BLDC MEMBERS

MET LOCAL LEGAL PROFESSIONALS AND BLCC MEMBERS TO SEEK THEIR VIEWS

ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE BASIC LAW AND THE CHINESE

CONST:MTUTON. THEY AGREED THAT THE NPC'S POWER OF LEGISLATIVE

INTERPRETATION OF THE BASIC LAW WOULD NOT AFFECT THE SAR COURTS'.

THE VISITORS SHAO TANPEN, WANG THEYA AND WU JIANFU, SAND IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO STIPULATE WHICH PROVISIONS OF THE CHINESE

CONSTITUTION WOULD NOT (NOT) BE APPLICABLE TO HONG KONG SINCE THE

BASIC LAW COULD NOT GOVERN THE APPLICATION OF THE CONSTITUTION.

3. JOINT LIAISON GROUP: THE SUNDAY MORNING POST REPORTED THAT THE

FUTURE OF THE CIVIL SERVICE WAS A TOP ITEM ON THE JLG AGENDA.

THE SECRETARY FOR CIVIL SERVICE, DAVID FORD, WAS PLANNING TO ATTEND

THE JLG MEETING IN LONDON SCHEDULED FOR 22 JULY TO DISCUSS THE ROLE

OF THE CAVIL SERVICE HAN THE POST-1997 SAR GOVERNMENT.

OTHER #TEMS REPORTED TO BE ON THE AGENDA WERE THE SHIPPING REGISTER

AND AIR SERVICE AGREEMENTS.

4. SAR LAND FUND: BLDC SECRETARY GENERAL L' HOU SAID THAT THERE WAS

A NEED TO HEDGE THE SAR LAND FUND AGAINST INFLATION. TO DEPOSIT THE

MONEY IN BANKS MIGHT NOT BE THE BEST SOLUTION SINCE THE INTEREST

RATE COULD BE LESS THAN THE RATE OF INFLATION.

ORIENTAL DAILY REPORTED THAT THE PROPOSED LAND FUND ADVISORY

COMMITTEE WOULD BE CHAIRED BY CHUNG SHUP-MING OF THE CHINESE LAND

COMMISSION LTEAM AND WOULD INCLUED BANKERS PETER WRANGHAM AND

DAVID LE, HKU ECONOMICS PROFESSOR Y.C. JAO AND A HONG KONG

GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL.

5. NATIONALITY: THE SDP-LIBERAL ALLANCE GOVERNMENT WOULD REVERSE

THE DECISION OF THE CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT NOT (NOT) TO GRANT UK CITIZENSHIP TO HONG KONG'S NON-CHINESE MINORITIES, THE SCMP

REPORTED FROM LONDON. ALEX CARLISLE THE LIBERAL HOME AFFAIRS SPOKES-

Restated

S-/MAN