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4. THE NANFANG DAILY OF 12 DECEMBER AND THE SHANZHEN SPECIAL ZONE DAILY OF 13 NOVMBER BRIEFLY REPORTED THESE DEVELOPMENTS. THE PEOPLE'S DAILY OF 13 NOVEMBER CARRIED A FULLER VERSION OF JI PENGFEI'S SPEECH. ACCORDING TO THIS REPORT, BLDC VI HAD TWO MAJOR TASKS:

(A) TO DISCUSS FURTHER DRAFTCHAPTERS

FOUR, FIVE, SIX AND TEN

PREPARED BY THE THREE SPECIAL GROUPS ON POLITICAL STRUCTURE, ECONOMY AND EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND CULTURE.

(B) TO DISCUSS AND COMMENT FROM AN OVERALL POINT OFVIEW ON THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT BASIC LAW COMPILED FROM THE SEPARATE CHAPTERS.

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5. IN HIS SPEECH, JI REVIEWED WORK IN THE THREE MONTHS SINCE BLDC V: THE SPECIAL GROUPS ON THE CPG/SAR RELATIONSHIP AND HONG KONG RESIDENT' RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS HAD BASICALLY RESOLVED OUTSTANDING PROBLEMSWDHE RELEVANT CHAPTERS. THE GROUP ON THE POLITICAL STRUCTURE HAD HAD, AT BLDC V LARGE PORTIONS OF THE RELEVANT REMAINING TO BE DRAED. AS RESULT OF THE GROUP'S EFFORTS, THEY HAD SET OUT OPTIONS OR PUT FORWARD PRELIMINARY SUGGESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION ON ALL THE RELEVANT SECTIONS. THE GROUPS ON THE ECONOMY AND ON EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND CULTURE HAD FURTHER AMENDED THEIR CHAPTERS. JI ADDED THAT THE BLCC HAD CONTINUED TO CONTRIUTE IDEAS WHICH WERE VERY VALUABLE AS A REFERENCE FOR DRAFTERS, MANY OF WHICH HAD BEEN ADOPTED. FINALY JI NOTED THAT THE BLDC SERETARIAT HAD PRODUCED A DRAFT BASIC LAW COMPILED FROM EACHSPECIAL GROUP'S CHAPTERS AND HAD RAISED SOME PRELIMINARY QUESTIONS. HE HOPED HAT THE BASIC LAW OVERALL WORKING GROUP WOULD BEGIN WORK DURING THIS MEETING.

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6. AT THE MEETING ON DAY ONE, THE CONVENORS OF THE SPECIAL GROUPS ONTHE POLITICAL STRUCTURE, ECONOMY AD EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND CULTURE MADE REPORTS TO PLENARY. LI HOU EXPLAINED, ON BEHALF OF THE SECRETARIAT, EDITING POINTS AND T K ANN GAVE A WORK REPORT FROM THE BLCC PANEL DISCUSSION BEGAN DURING THE AFTERNOON ON THE POLITICAL STRUCTURE AND NOMINATION OF THE CE. MANY MEMBERS FELT THAT THE FIRST CE SHOULD BE NOMINATED THROUGH CONSULTATION AND THAT SUCCESSORS SHOULD BE ELECTED. THEY ALSO SUGGESTED THAT A SEPARATE DRAFT ELECTION LAW BE ISSUED ALONG WITH THE DRAFT BASIC LAW TO BE PROMOLGATED NEXT SPRIN.

7. DISCUSSION ON THE POLITICAL STRUCTURE CONTINUED ON DAY TWO. NCNA REPORTS NOTED THAT ALL MEMBERS STRESSED THE TWO PRINCIPLES

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