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4. BARONESS DUNN SAID THAT THE BILL WAS A MATTER FOR HONG KONG
AND THAT MATTERS OF LEGCO SHOULD BE HANDLED BY LEGCO ITSELF. LEGCO MEMBER MARTIN LEE SAID THAT THE NCNA'S REMARKS INTERFERED WITH HONG KONG'S INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND SERIOUSLY UNDERMINED THE JD AS THE RIGHT TO INTERPRET THE BASIC LAW LAY WITH THE COURTS AFTER
1997 BUT NOT THE NCNA.
CHINESE OFFICIALS
5. A FORMER VICE-DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG AND MACAU AFFAIRS OFFICE, LI HOU, SAID THAT THE RECENT RESHUFFLE IN THE HONG KONG AND MACAU AFFAIRS OFFICE WOULD NOT AFFECT THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT'S POLICIES ON HONG KONG AND MACAU. THE REPORTS NOTED THAT MR LI WOULD NOT TAKE UP ANY ADVISORY ROLE AFTER RETIREMENT BUT WOULD STILL BE CONCERNED ABOUT HONG KONG AFFAIRS. MING PAO REPORTED THAT THERE WOULD BE EIGHT VICE-DIRECTORS IN THE NCNA HONG KONG BRANCH AFTER A NEW VICE-DIRECTOR, QIN WENJUN, ARRIVED IN HONG KONG TO ASSUME HIS NEW POST AND THAT THIS LATEST RESHUFFLE WAS AIMED AT STRENGTHENING CHINA'S LEADERSHIP OVERSEAS AND PREPARING FOR HONG KONG'S TRANSITION AS WELL AS CARRYING OUT ITS FUNCTIONS AS A 'SHADOW GOVERNMENT' IN THE RUN-UP TO 1997. A VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE NPC, WANG HANBIN, WAS QUOTED AS SAYING THAT THE NPC STANDING COMMITTEE WAS STUDYING HONG KONG NPC DELEGATES' PROPOSAL TO STRENGTHEN THEIR ROLE IN THE TRANSITION AND THAT
CHINA AND BRITAIN WERE DISCUSSING A DATE FOR NPC CHAIRMAN WAN LI
TO VISIT BRITAIN.
LEGAL GROUP
6. MEDIA REPORTS NOTED THAT A RESEARCH INSTITUTE ON HONG KONG LAWS UNDER THE CHINESE LAW SOCIETY WOULD BE SET UP IN PEKING ON DECEMBER 20 AND THAT LOCAL LEGAL EXPERTS SIMON LI, LIU YIU-CHU, HENRY HU, PHILIP YUEN, LEUNG TING-PONG, AND KENNETH CHOW WOULD BE THE ADVISERS. SIMON LI SAID THAT HE FORESAW A LOT OF LEGAL PROBLEMS DURING THE TRANSITION AND AFTER 1997, AND THAT ONE OF THE KEY AREAS WOULD BE TO GO THROUGH HONG KONG'S LAW BOOKS TO PIN-POINT LEGISLATION THAT MIGHT BREACH THE BASIC LAW.
COURT OF FINAL APPEAL
7. SOME PAPERS REPORTED THAT THE CURRENT ROUND OF JLG TALKS WOULD FOCUS ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COURT OF FINAL APPEAL AND THAT THE TWO SIDES HAD ALREADY REACHED A CONSENSUS ON THE SUBJECT. A CHINESE LEGAL EXPERT WAS QUOTED AS SAYING THAT IF HONG KONG WOULD MAKE PLANS TO TRAIN UP PEOPLE TO MAN THE COURT, THERE SHOULD BE NO PROBLEM WITH ITS ESTABLISHMENT. THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR TI LIANG YANG, SAID THAT IF THERE WAS A LACK OF APPROPRIATE
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