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Joint Committee for the Promotion of Democratic Government

Livelihood.

Emerged as an umbrella organization оп the political

structure of the HKSAR for liberal groups such as Meeting Point,

Hong Kong Affairs Society and Association for Democracy and

People's

Membership include BLCC members,

academics, social workers and DB members. Political view is

that the Chief Executive should be elected through universal

suffrage from 1997 and that the first SAR legislature should be

directly elected. However it is prepared to be flexible and

special task force has been formed with view to working out

comprises with the conservative Group of 89 and the moderates.

Lee Wing-tat, who walked out of the lunch with Sir Geoffrey

Howe, is a prominent member of the Joint Committee

Federation of Education Workers

moderates.

A pro-Beijing group of education workers, identified as

Actively involved in BL consultation. Of interest

to note that it does not support a bicameral system of

legislature proposed by New Hong Kong Alliance, but accepts that

the OMELCO proposals are a useful basis for compromise between

the different political groups. Its director, Cheng Kai-nam, is

a leading moderate in his own right.

Hong Kong People Saving Hong Kong

A liberal group formed after recent events in China.

Perceives the three key areas in boosting confidence in Hong

Kong being the speeding up of democratisation, Bill of Rights,

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