JAN 09 '87 14:44 ĜIS HK
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PRESS COMMENTS
MACAU
now that
hand
over
other Sing
Sing Tao Jih Pao said Portugal had agreed to Macau to China In 1999, all problems relating to the Portuguese talks
talks on Macau's future would be solved in due The Express said that Portugal had made concessions on the date for returning Macau to China in return for economic benefits. PRESS LAW
The Express and
course.
a
working group comprising Government officials and repre
sentatives from
business as
"well
unions would ... meet
the shipping
as seamen's for the first
detailed proposals on the operational time next month to work out detalled...proposals guidelines for the new HK Shipping Register, Sing Tao Jih Pao reported. HONG NIN BANK
First Pacific Holdings director Richardo Pascua
executive
sald that
the credit line extended by the Exchange Fund to the troubled last year played keeping the bank
Hong Nin
Bank
its deposit base had
eroded, many
the HK
Daily
News said that
a
vital role
Legco
members'
in
afloat after
reservation about
日 proposal that a
rapidly
be made
papers
reported. However,
Pascua
to
declined
amount
publication of
false news
was justified
borrowed from the Exchange Fund.
and
Mr
to specify the
compensatory provision
to the Public Order Ordinance
deal with malicious
deserved
Government's consideration.
The papers felt that the definition Draft of preamble,
"malicious publication" was ambiguous and that the concepts of "'malice" and "negligence" were mixed up. This would only result in 8 direct
infringement
press another editorial, the Daily News sald
News said that the provision would infringe
freedom. In
constitutional rights,
TRADE
on HK
ол
people's
Wen Wei Po welcomed the setting up of the British Chamber of Commerce in HK, which it said was an indication that British businessmen attached Importance to the HK market and would increase their investments in the territory.
NEWS CAPSULES EMIGRATION
principles ready
THREE legal experts of the BLDC special group studying the relationship between the central government and the SAR had completed a draft of the preamble and general principles of the Basic Law, the media reported.
The draft would be tabled at the sixth special
special group meeting which would begin in Guangzhou today.
Quoting sources,
the that the preamble would consist of papers said four to five sections. It would cover the
geographical boundary of the SAR, historical background, the signing of the Joint Declaration, Article 31 of the Chinese Constitution and the "one country, two systems" plan. felt
Legco member Selina Chow that the reply by the Secretary for
There would be nine general Security, David Jeaffreson,
principles stating, among other things, to her question оп details
a high degree of autonomy for HK, of people the emigrating from HK at
at Wednesday's
preservation of the capitalist Legco meeting was not satisfactory, of private property.
system for 50 years and the protection
the Oriental Daily News Mrs Chow said that the Government reported. should face
face up to reality and give her question an in-depth reply SHIPPING REGISTER The outgoing Director
Peter Chan, told
The three legal experts
Jianfan.
-
Wu
Chu
Maria Tam and Liu Yiu reportedly agreed that the preamble would mention only briefly the historical background of
not touch
of Marine, territory and would
after
newsmen
the
on
a sensitive areas such as the three treaties
luncheon meeting yesterday that governing HK.
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