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RESIDENT CLERK PLEASE PASS COPNES TO PRIVATE SECRETARY, MCLAREN AND HUM, HKD BEFORE SECRETARY OF STATES DEPARTURE FOR BANGKOK
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YOUR TELNO 3551 BLDC MEETHING: PRESS COVERAGE
WE HAVE GLEANED THE FOLLOWING FROM NCNA BULLETINS FOR 15 AND 16 APRIL
BASIC LAW CHAPTER HIN
1. ACCORDING TO RAYSON HUANG AND LOUNS CHA DISCUSSIONS IN THE BLDC ON 15 APRIL CENTRED ON ARTICLE TO OF CHAPTER #M: DEFINING THE SCOPE OF APPLICATION TO HONG KONG NATHONAL LAWS. THERE WAS A ''ROUGH CONSENSUS''THAT THE DRAFT ARTICLE NEEDED REVUISTION. MEMBERS STRESSED THAT NATHONAL LAWS, EXCEPT THOSE ON NATIONAL DEFENCE AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS, WOULD GENERALLY NOT APPLY TO HONG KONG. THOSE THAT WERE TO BE APPLIED TO HONG KONG SHOULD NOT CONTRADICT THE BASIC LAW AND *SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED AFTER CETAU LEGAL PROCEDURES. LI# HOU WAS
REPORTED AS EXPRESSING SIMILAR OPINIONS.
2. SOME MEMBERS FELT THAT SUCH LEGAL PROCEDURES SHOULD #NVOLVE THE SAR LEGISLATURE. OTHERS CONSIDERED HIT IMPROPER FOR A LOCAL
LEGISLATURE TO APPROVE LAWS FORMULATED BY THE CENTRAL AUTHORITIES. ACCORDING TO LOURS CHA DPSAGREEMENT ON THIS ARTICLE AROSE MAINLY
AMONG HONG KONG MEMBERS. HE ALSO MENTIONED A SUGGESTION MADE BY A
MAINLAND VICE CHAIRMAN ON ARTICLE 12 OF CHAPTER . THIS WAS THAT
THE PHRASE ''ORGANISED AND VIOLENT** BE ADDED TO THE DRAFT CLAUSE
SAYING THE HKSAR ''SHOULD THROUGH LAW PROHIBIT ALL ACTAMITIES
LEADING TO A SPLIT #N THE COUNTRY AND SUBVERSION OF THE CENTRAL
PEOPLE'S GOVERNMENT** *N HONG KONG NON VIOLENT AND UNORGANIZED ACTIVITY SHOULD NOT BE REGARDED AS SUCH ACTIVITIES.
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DENG XIAOPING'S ADDRESS TO BLDC
3. ON 16 APRIL DENG XIAOPHING ADDRESSED MEMBERS OF THE BLDC (WE HAVE HEARD SEPERATELY FROM A HONG KONG REPORTER THAT HE SPOKE FOR ALMOST AN HOUR WITHOUT NOTES),
4. HE REPEATED THAT HONG KONG'S SYSTEM WOULD REMAIN UNCHANGED FOR 50 YEARS FROM 1997 NOTHING THAT ''AFTER 50 YEARS #T WILL BE LESS NECESSARY TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM''. HE PRAISED THE WORK OF THE BLDC WHICH WOULD CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER HREE YEARS. THE SUCCESS OF THE ONE NATION TWO SYSTEMS POLICY DEPENDS ON NITS EMBODIMENT IN THE BL WHICH
**SHOULD SET AN EXMPLE FOR SOLVING HISSUES RELATED TO MACAO AND
TARWAN''. THE BL SHOULD REMAIN IN FORCE FOR AT LEAST 50 YEARS.
THE TWO SYSTEMS POLICY MEANT SOME REGIONS COULD PRACTICE CAPITALISM
NOT JUST FOR SOME TIME BUT FOR DECADES OR A CENTURY.
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