TNAG-1602-FCO40-2198-Future-of-Hong-Kong-Basic-Law-1987 — Page 49

30. HAVING CONSIDERED THE REVISED PROPOSAL PUT FORWARD BY THE BLDC SPECIAL GROUP ON EDUCATION AND CULTURE ON THE METHOD OF INVITING, COLLECTING AND ADJUDICATING DESIGNS OF THE SAR'S FLAG AND EMBLEM, THE MEETING AGREED ON THE FOLLOWING POINTS OF DETAIL

(1) ADVERTISEMENTS WILL BE PUT UP, PROBABLY WITHIN ONE MONTH, IN BOTH HK AND THE MAINLAND TO PUBLICISE THE CONTEST ON THE DESIGN OF THE SAR'S FLAG AND EMBLEM. CHINESE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, INCLUDING THOSE FROM THE MAINLAND, HK, MACAU, TAIWAN AND OVERSEAS COMMUNITIES, AS WELL AS OTHER RESIDENTS IN HK MAY SUBMIT ENTRIES NOT LATER THAT 31 MARCH 1988. THE DESIGN COPYRIGHT OF ALL ENTRIES WILL BE HELD BY THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT.

(11) THE DESIGN OF THE SAR'S FLAG AND EMBLEM MUST BE IN THE SPIRIT OF THE ''ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS'' PRINCIPLE, DIGNIFIED AND ELEGANT. IT SHOULD ALSO MANIFEST THE STATUS

AND THE SPECIAL FEATURES OF HK.

(114) AN ADJUDICATING COMMITTEE ON THE DESIGN OF THE FLAG AND EMBLEM OF THE HK SAR OF THE PRC'', COMPRISING 5 BLDC MEMBERS AND 6 EXPERTS (HK AND THE MAINLAND EACH HAS THREE REPRESENTAT- IVES), WILL BE SET UP. MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE WILL BE NOMINATED BY THE BLOC SPECIAL GROUP ON EDUCATION AND CULTURE AND SELECTED BY THE BLDC CHAIRMEN. THE ADJUDICATING COMMITTEE WILL SELECT THE BEST 26 DESIGNS OF THE SAR'S FLAG AND EMBLEM IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1988. THESE 52 ENTRIES WILL THEN BE MADE PUBLIC FOR CONSULTATION. IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1988, THE ADJUDICATING COMMITTEE WILL FURTHER SHORTLIST SIX DESIGNS EACH OF THE SAR'S FLAG AND EMBLEM FOR REPORTING TO THE BLDC. THE COMMITTEE MAY SUGGEST AMENDMENTS TO THE SHORTLISTED ENTRIES.

(iv)

THE BLDC WILL CHOOSE THE WINNING ENTRIES THROUGH A SECRET BALLOT AND WILL REPORT THEM, TOGETHER WITH THE (DRAFT) BL, TO THE NPC STANDING COMMITTEE AT THE END OF 1988.

(V)

THE DESIGNS OF THE SAR'S FLAG AND EMBLEM WILL BE

FINALISED BY THE NPC STANDING COMMITTEE.

(F) BASIC POLICES TO REMAIN UNCHANGED FOR 50 YEARS

31 MARTIN LEE, MARIA TAM AND SZETO WAH OPINED THAT SINCE CHAPTER I OF THE BL (GENERAL PRINCIPLES) WOULD NOT BE SUBJECT TO AMENDMENT, ALL THE BASIC POLICIES OF STATE REGARDING HK SET OUT IN THE JD SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THIS CHAPTER SO AS TO ENSURE THAT THEY WOULD REMAIN UNCHANGED FOR 50 YEARS. MARTIN LEE SUGGESTED THREE METHODS BY WHICH THIS OBJECTIVE COULD BE ACHIEVED:

(1)

TO INCLUDE PARA 3 OF THE JD AND ITS ELABORATION IN ANNEX

I IN CHAPTER I OF THE BL BY INCORPORATION:

(11) TO SET OUT IN CHAPTER I ALL THE BASIC POLICIES OF THE

STATE REGARDING HK:

RESTRICTED

/(1).