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The Congress.
National People's Congress has met on
of its 59 members come from Hong Kong. Five Special Groups have
been established to consider particular areas of the Basic Law.
Mainland members of the Special Groups have made study tours to Hong
where they Kong
have consulted a wide range
of individuals and
The Special Groups have made groups.
progress reports to the full
Basic Law Drafting Committee. It is expected that on the basis of
in the Drafting Committee will,
the course of 1987,
consider drafts of individual articles of the Basic Law.
A full
draft is due to be published in 1988.
these
reports
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Chinese Government to consult the people of Hong Kong on a wide
basis
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the drafting of the Basic Law, and will continue on
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some
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background to the development
framework a
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Kong, which
structured now
three separate but
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remaining
third
members are
The District Boards are advisory bodies established in of the 19 urban and New Territories administrative districts.
two-thirds of District Board members are directly elected, on the
basis of franchise which includes all adults over the
age of 21
of 7 years. years who have resided in Hong Kong for
of
in each
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a minimum
appointed by the Hong Kong
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Government.
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