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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.

, dec .oll

FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES

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.

Provides for 30. Electors would elect representatives at place of work, thereby preserving the essential feature of functional constituencies.

Not defined.

Defines composition of Election Committee for second Legco: not for first.

Provides for a 1995

election committee

composed of members themselves elected to other bodies.