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4.

Candidates for the

Chief

nominated jointly by no less than

Election Committee.

candidate.

Each member may

Executive shall b

100 members of the

nominate only one

5.

The Election Committee shall elect the Chief

(Designate) by secret ballot from the nomination

list and on a one-member-one-vote basis. Specific methods

of the election shall be prescribed by the electoral law.

Executive

The Election Committee shall be dissolved upon the

appoint ment of the Chief Executive by the CPG.

6.

7.

in

The first Chief Executive shall be selected

accordance with the "NPC Resolution on the Method for the

Formation of the First Government and the First Legislative

Council of the Hong Kong SAR".

The second and the third Chief Executives shall be

selected in accordance with the

the method prescribed in this

Annex.

During the term of the third Chief Executive, the

Legislative Council shall formulate the specific method to decide, by holding a referendum among the electorate of the

Hong Kong SAR, whether the Chief Executive shall be elected

by universal suffrage after nominations have been made by a

broadly representative nomination committee through

democratic procedures. The

be reported to the Standing

record.

result of the referendum shall

Committee of the Committee of the NPC for the

The above referendum shall be held only after

obtaining the endorsement of the majority of the members of

the Legislative Council, the consent of the Chief Executive

and the approval of the Standing Committee of the NPC. The

result of the referendum shall be valid and can be

30 per cent or

imple mented only with the endorse ment

more of the eligible voters.

of

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