TNAG-1861-FCO40-2636-Future-of-Hong-Kong-Basic-Law-1989 — Page 211

Draft Resolution on the Method for the Formation of the

First Government and the First Legislative Council of the

Hong Kong SAR by the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China

1.

(Prepared for the NPC)

Within the year of 1996, the NPC shall establish a

Preparatory Committee of the Hong Kong SAR, which shall be

responsible for the preparations of the establish ment of the Region, and shall decide on the specific method for the

formation of it s first government.

The Preparatory Committee shall be composed of mainland members and of Hong

Kong members who shall constitute no less than 50 cent. Its chairman and members shall be appointed by the Standing Committee of the NPC.

2.

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The Preparatory Committee for the Hong Kong SAR shall be responsible for preparing the establish ment of the "Election Committee for the First Government of the Hong Kong SAR".

The "Election Committee" shall be composed entirely of permanent residents of Hong Kong and must be broadly representative. It shall include deputies of the Hong Kong region to the NPC of the PRC, experienced persons who have served in Hong Kong's administrative, legislative and advisory organizations before the establish ment of the

Hong Kong SAR, as well as persons strata and sections of society.

representative of all

The "Election Committee" shall have 400 members, and the proportions of the composition of the Committee are as follows:

Labour, grass-roots and

religious sectors etc.

Business and financial sectors

25 per cent

Professional sector

25 per cent

25 per cent

Previous political figures and

Hong Kong deputies to the NPC

25 per cent