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INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG,
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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON
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BASIC LAW: POLITICAL STRUCTURE: LOCAL REACTION
BLCC MEETING
1. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BLCC MET YESTERDAY TO DISCUSS A MOTION (BY PHILIP KWOK) EXPRESSING CONCERN ON REACTION IN HONG KONG TO THE MAINSTREAM MODEL AND URGING THE BLDC TO TAKE FULL ACCOUNT OF HONG KONG SO THAT THE BL WOULD ACHIEVE GREATER ACCEPTABILITY.
2. ACCORDING TO PRESS REPORTS, BLCC SECRETARY GENERAL LEUNG CHUN- YING MAINTAINED THAT THE MOTION IMPLIED CRITICISM OF THE MAINSTREAM MODEL AND WAS THUS CONTRARY TO THE BLCC'S CONSTITUTION WHICH PERMITTED VOTING ONLY ON PROCEDURAL MATTERS. WONG PO-YAN PUT FORWARD AN ALTERNATIVE MOTION SUGGESTING THAT THE MAINSTREAM MODEL BE FURTHER DISCUSSED BY THE BLCC SPECIAL GROUP ON THE POLITICAL SYSTEM.
3. NO CONCLUSION WAS REACHED ON EITHER MOTION AND THE MEETING WAS AD JOURNED TO 10 FEB.
JOINT STATEMENT BY BUSINESS GROUPS
4. AS REPORTED EARLIER (PARA. 2 OF MY TELNO 442), 15 BUSINESS ORGANISATIONS ISSUED A JOINT STATEMENT YESTERDAY EXPRESSING DISAPPOINTMENT ON THE PROPOSAL THAT ALL BILLS BE SUBJECT TO SEPARATE VOTE COUNTING AND URGING THE DRAFTER TO MAKE SUITABLE AMENDMENTS AT THE COMING PLENARY. THE G89 WAS AMONG THE SIGNATORIES OF THE STATEMENT. SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE, LEGCO MEMBER STEPHEN CHEONG REHEARSED HIS ARGUMENTS AGAINST THE PROPOSAL (PARA. OF MY TELNO 442). IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS, HE SAID THAT THE SIGNATORY GROUPS HAD NOT HAD THE TIME TO DISCUSS OTHER PROPOSALS IN THE MAINSTREAM MODEL.
RC MEMBERS MEET LOCAL DRAFTERS
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