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Constitution and Administration

Any permanent resident of the HKSAR who is a Chinese citizen with no right of abode in any foreign country may stand for election in any geographical constituency, provided this person is a registered elector, has attained the age of 21 and has ordinarily resided in Hong Kong for the preceding three years.

Functional Constituencies

For the sixth-term Legislative Council, the functional constituencies are: (1) Heung Yee Kuk2; (2) agriculture and fisheries; (3) insurance; (4) transport; (5) education; (6) legal; (7) accountancy; (8) medical; (9) health services; (10) engineering; (11) architectural, surveying, planning and landscape; (12) labour; (13) social welfare; (14) real estate and construction; (15) tourism; (16) commercial (first); (17) commercial (second); (18) industrial (first); (19) industrial (second); (20) finance; (21) financial services; (22) sports, performing arts, culture and publication; (23) import and export; (24) textiles and garment; (25) wholesale and retail; (26) information technology; (27) catering; (28) District Council (first) and (29) District Council (second). The labour functional constituency returns three Legislative Council members and the District. Council (second) functional constituency returns five Legislative Council members, while the other 27 functional constituencies return one member each.

The five seats of the District Council (second) functional constituency are returned with the whole of Hong Kong as a single constituency in accordance with the proportional representation list system. Candidates must be elected District Council members who are nominated by no fewer than 15 other elected District Council members, and electors must be registered geographical constituency electors who are not registered in other functional

constituencies.

The electorate of functional constituencies representing professional groups is generally based on membership of professions with recognised qualifications, including statutory qualifications. The electorate of functional constituencies representing economic or social groups is generally made up of corporate members of major organisations representative of the relevant sectors.

A candidate in a functional constituency must satisfy the same age and residential requirements as for a geographical constituency election, be a registered elector, and be a registered elector of, or have a substantial connection with, the relevant functional constituency. To give due recognition to the significant contribution made by foreign nationals and the fact that Hong Kong is an international city, HKSAR permanent residents who are not of Chinese nationality or who have the right of abode in foreign countries may stand for election in 12 designated functional constituencies, numbered 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21 and 23 above.

Electoral System for Chief Executive

In accordance with the Basic Law, the Chief Executive is elected by an Election Committee. The committee consists of 1,200 members from four sectors comprising 38 subsectors:

• 1,034 members from 35 subsectors who are returned through elections;

2 The Heung Yee Kuk is a statutory advisory body on New Territories affairs.