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(D) AN ADDITIONAL ARTICLE WHICH STATES THAT THE CONSULTATIVE

COMMITTEE SHOULD CONVENE A MEETING WITHIN ONE MONTH OF THE

PROMULGATION OF THE BASIC LAW TO ANNOUNCE ITS DISSOLUTION:

(E) FOREIGNERS TO BE ELIGIBLE TO SIT ON THE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE

WILL REQUIRE A MINIMUM OF SEVEN YEARS CONTINUOUS RESIDENCE IN

HONG KONG INSTEAD OF THE PREVIOUS STIPULATION OF A LONG RESIDENCY:

(F) THE CONTROVERSIAL TERM ''DEMOCRATIC CONSULTATION'' IS USED

ONLY ONCE IN ARTICLE 7 ON METHODOLOGY: IT HAS BEEN REPLACED BY

**CONSULTATION' AND 'DISCUSSION'' IN OTHER PLACES.

3. THE CHINESE TEXT OF THE REVISED CONSTITUTION WILL FOLLOW BY

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