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10. JUST FOUR DAYS BEFORE THE CLOSING OF THE CONSULTATION ON THE SECOND DRAFT OF THE BASIC LAW, A POWERFUL PRO-PEKING LABOUR GROUP, THE FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS, SUBMITTED A NEW PROPOSAL FOR THE FUTURE POLITICAL STRUCTURE WHICH WAS A MODIFICATION OF A BICAMERAL SYSTEM PROPOSED BY THE NEW HK ALLIANCE, THE MEDIA (29.10) REPORTED PROMINENTLY. ALTHOUGH THE CHAIRMAN OF THE GROUP, CHENG YIU-TONG, DENIED THAT THE PROPOSAL WAS PUT FORWARD BECAUSE OF PRESSURE FROM CHINA, THE REPORTS NOTED THAT THE GROUP HAD CHANGED ITS MIND ABOUT SUPPORTING A COMPROMISE FORMULA ANNOUNCED EARLIER.
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A NUMBER OF BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS CAME OUT IN SUPPORT OF A BICAMERAL SYSTEM DURING THE WEEK AND PRO-PEKING PAPERS, TA KUNG PAO AND WEN WEI PO, CONTINUED TO GIVE PROMINENT COVERAGE TO THIS SUPPORT.
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THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BLDC, JI PENGFEI, HAD RECOMMENDED TO THE NPC STANDING COMMITTEE THAT BASIC LAW HK DRAFTER MARTIN LEE AND SZETO WAH BE DISMISSED BECAUSE OF THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN ANTI- CHINA ACTIVITIES, THE MEDIA (29.10) REPORTED.
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THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE BLCC, LEUNG CHUN-YING, WAS QUOTED BY THE MEDIA (29.10) AS SAYING THAT THE COMMITTEE HAD SO FAR RECEIVED SOME 3 000 SUBMISSIONS ON THE BASIC LAW. THE REPORTS NOTED THAT THE FIGURE REPRESENTED ONLY FIVE PER CENT OF THE NUMBER OF SUBMISSIONS RECEIVED DURING THE FIRST ROUND OF CONSULT- ATION ON THE DOCUMENT.
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A FORMER BLCC MEMBER, FREDERICK FUNG, SPEAKING AT CITY FORUM'', ATTACKED THE FOUR-YEAR CONSULTATION EXERCISE ON THE BASIC LAW AS BEING JUST A SHOW, THE MEDIA (30.10) REPORTED.
15. CPPCC MEMBERS LIVING IN PEKING HAD ATTENDED A SEMINAR ON THE BASIC LAW, THE PAPERS (31.10) REPORTED. ACCORDING TO THE PAPER, THE MEMBERS BELIEVED THAT NO MAJOR CHANGES TO THE SECOND DRAFT OF THE BASIC LAW SHOULD BE MADE AND THAT THE DRAFTING OF THE DOCUMENT MUST STICK TO ITS TIME SCHEDULE SO THAT THE NPC COULD DISCUSS IT NEXT MARCH.
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QUOTING PEOPLE CLOSE TO THE CHINESE SIDE, THE ORIENTAL DAILY NEWS (31.10) REPORTED THAT SENIOR CHINESE LEADER DENG XIAOPING, WHEN MEETING VISITING HK BUSINESSMAN SIR Y.K. PAO, SAID THAT IT
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