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5. SING PAO (5 FEB) REPORTED THAT ALLEN LEE WOULD MOVE A DEBATE IN LEGCO ON THE BL AFTER BLDC IX. THE EXACT WORDING OF THE MOTION WOULD BE DECIDED IN THE LIGHT OF COMMUNITY REACTION TO THE FINAL DRAFT., SO THAT LOCAL VIEWS COULD BE EFFECTIVELY PUT ACROSS TO THE NPC STANDING COMMITTEE. MARTIN LEE, SZETO WAH AND SOME OTHER LEGCO MEMBERS ALSO VOICED THE NEED FOR LEGCO TO DEBATE THE BL. EARLIER, SCM POST (3 FEB) REPORTED THAT LEGCO MEMBER JIMMY MCGREGOR HAD SHELVED HIS MOTION FOR AN URGENT DEBATE IN LEGCO ON THE BL ON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE DEBATE WOULD TAKE PLACE AFTER BLDC IX.
BLCC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
6. ACCORDING TO MING PAO (5 FEB), THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BLCC WOULD MEET ON 6 FEB (PARA. 4 OF OUR TELNO 411). VICE-CHAIRMAN PHILIP KWOK WOULD PROPOSE DISCUSSION ON THE MAINSTREAM POLITICAL MODEL. THE MEETING WOULD ALSO DISCUSS THE IMMEDIATE FOLLOW-UP WORK
UPON THE DISSOLUTION OF THE BLCC.
ENGLISH TEXT OF THE BL
7. BOTH SCM POST AND HK ECONOMIC JOURNAL (5 FEB) REPORTED REMARKS BY LI HOU THAT THE BL ENGLISH TEXT WOULD NOT BE PROMULGATED SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE CHINESE VERSION. INSTEAD THE NPC STANDING COMMITTEE WOULD APPOINT A WORKING GROUP TO PREPARE THE ENGLISH VERSION WHICH WOULD BE GRANTED LEGAL STATUS BY A NPC RESOLUTION SEPARATELY. ACCORDING TO LI HOU, THE ENGLISH TEXT WOULD BE AUTHENTIC, BUT THE CHINESE VERSION WOULD PREVAIL IN THE EVENT OF ANY DISCREPANCIES OR DISPUTES. THE REPORTS ALSO SAID THAT THE TRANSLATION OF THE PRESENT DRAFT WAS BEING DONE BY MAINLAND LEGAL AND TRANSLATION EXPERTS AFTER TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE VIEWS OF A
BLCC SPECIAL GROUP.
STUDENT REACTION
REPORTED THAT THE HK
8. HONG KONG ECONOMIC JOURNAL (3 FEB) FEDERATION OF STUDENTS HAD PLANNED A RALLY ON 9 FEB TO PROTEST AGAINST THE CONSERVATIVE MAINSTREAM MODEL AND URGE HK DRAFTERS TO RESIGN. THERE HAD ALSO BEEN SUGGESTIONS THAT POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS SHOULD SUSPEND CLASSES ON 16 FEB TO SHOW THEIR
OBJECTION TO THE BL.
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