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BASIC LAW: 'MAINSTREAM' POLITICAL MODEL: PRESS REPORTS
XIAO WEIYUN
1. IN AN INTERVIEW WITH WEN WEI PO, XIAO SAID THE MAINSTREAM MODEL HAD TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT THE VIEWS OF VARIOUS HK SECTORS, E.G. G190'S WISH FOR MORE DIRECTLY ELECTED SEATS AND BPG'S PROPOSAL ON MEMBERS RETURNED BY A GEC. ON SEPARATE VOTE-COUNTING HE SAID IT WOULD PROVIDE NECESSARY CHECKS AND BALANCES, AND ALTHOUGH IT MIGHT RESULT IN A SLOWER PASSING OF BILLS, THE KEY CONSIDERATION MUST BE THE STABILITY OF THE SOCIETY.
2. HE ALSO REFERRED TO DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN THE CHINESE AND THE BRITISH ON THE POLITICAL STRUCTURE AND SAID THE BRITISH SHOULD GIVE A CLEAR RESPONSE BEFORE THE NEXT BLDC PLENARY. 'THE BL DRAFTING WORK COULD NOT WAIT,' HE ADDED.
LI HOU AND LU PING
3. LI HOU TOLD THE PRESS THAT CHANGES TO THE POLITICAL PROPOSALS DURING THE DIRECTORS' MEETING WOULD BE UNLIKELY. THESE WOULD BE FOR DISCUSSION AT THE FORTHCOMING PLENARY. LU PING REMARKED THAT IT WAS NOT FOR THE DIRECTORS' MEETING TO DECIDE WHETHER THE PROPOSALS SHOULD BE AMENDED.
RAYMOND WU
4. WU REITERATED TO THE PRESS HIS DISSATISFACTION WITH THE WAY THE MAINSTREAM MODEL WAS APPROVED. HE COMMENTED THAT THE CHINESE SIDE HAD BEEN MINDED TO PUSH THROUGH THE FORMULA RIGHT FROM THE OUTSET. ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO THWART HK DRAFTERS FROM MAKING NEW PROPOSALS.
5. MING PAO QUOTED HIM AS SAYING THAT AS SOON AS XU CHONGDE HAD PROPOSED THE MAINSTREAM MODEL, XIAO WEIYUN AND LU PING SUGGESTED PUTTING IT TO VOTE. WHEN HK MEMBER CHA CHI-MIN ASKED FOR THREE
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