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ISSUE
JOINT DECLARATION
BASIC LAW
GOVERNOR'S PROPOSALS
METHOD OF FORMING LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
COMPOSITION OF
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
Shall be constituted by
elections.
Not defined, except to say that members shall be local inhabitants.
Shall be constituted by election. Ultimate aim: election of all members by universal suffrage.
For first Legco of HK Special Administrative Region in 1997
-20 directly elected seats -30 functional seats -10 returned by an election
committee.
If last Legco before 1997 conforms with this then "through train" concept applies.
All members directly or indirectly elected.
Conforms precisely with the Basic Law model for the first HKSAR LegCo.
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FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES
Not defined.
ELECTION COMMITTEE
Not defined.
No definition of functional constituency. Provides for 30 functional constituencies in first and subsequent LegCos: increase of nine on previous 21.
Defines composition of Election Committee for second Legco: not for first.
Provides for 30. Electors would elect representatives at place of work, thereby preserving the essential feature of functional constituencies. V. differen
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Provides for a 1995
election committee
composed of members themselves elected to other bodies.
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