The writer said the merit of the new model was that all
interested parties would have a chance to participate. The addition of a grand electoral college would also provide an opportunity to participate to all retired civil servants, councillors from different levels, as well as members of the NPC Standing Committee and CPFCC.
However, the writer said, the new model was not supported by the Business and Professional Group and the one who raised the strongest. objection was Simon Li. He was now working hard to come up with another model to counter it.
Remarks made by HK drafter Rayson Huang on the Basic Law yesterday were commented on by Tong Yuk-hon in Ta Kung Pao.
Tong agreed with Dr Huang that there should not be any new provisions touching on principles. He also supported Dr Huang's proposal to insert a sentence in Article V that the SAR should not interfere with the sytems and lifestyle of the mainland.
The was reasonable and should be acceptable to HK people, he said.
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On a proposed provision raised by Dr Huang that should turmoil beyond the control of the SAR Government arise, the Chief Executive should be empowered to declare a state of emergency in the territory, Tong suggested that "should turmoil beyond the control of the SAR Government arise" be changed to read 'should serious turmoil or disaster arise". The writer said that if turmoil really developed into a situation that the SAR Government could not control, the central government would inevitably have to interfere and declare a state of
emergency.
Yip Chi-chau, writing in the Express, however, disagreed with Dr Huang and described as "vague" his suggestion to write into the Basic Law that the SAR should not interfere with the systems and lifestyle of the mainland. All Dr Huang had been trying to do was to please the Chinese side. Yip said that if such a provision were inserted, all HK publications and newspapers would have to cease publication and HK people would not be able to talk and communicate with each other. This was because any criticism such as complaints about the services provided to tourists in China or condemnation of the Chinese Government for its action against the students in June would be considered "interference in the Chinese systems", the writer said.
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The nationality of members of the future legislative body was discussed in a regular column by Lee Yu in Wen Wei Po. He said that it would not be impossible to restrict the members to Chinese nationals, but the results might not be satisfactory. It would also not be easy to set down a certain percentage of members to be Chinese nationals or foreigners.
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