Panel on Constitutional Affairs
Meeting on Monday, 20 March 2006 at 2:30 pm
in the Chamber of the Legislative Council Building
A G E N D A
| I. | Confirmation of minutes of meeting
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| LC Paper No. CB(2)1398/05-06
(to follow)
| - | Minutes of meeting on 16 January 2006
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| II. | Information papers issued since the last meeting
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| LC Paper No. CB(2)1171/05-06(01)
(issued on 17 February 2006)
| - | Information paper provided by the Administration on "Overseas practices regarding electoral arrangements in the event that only one candidate is validly nominated in an election"
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| LC Paper No. CB(2)1191/05-06(01)
(issued on 21 February 2006)
(Chinese version only)
| - | Letter dated 20 February 2006 from Dr Hon YEUNG Sum concerning the Democratic Party's proposed issues relating to the implementation of universal suffrage for discussion by the Panel
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| III. | Items for discussion at the next meeting
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| LC Paper No. CB(2)1400/05-06(01)
(attached)
| - | List of outstanding items for discussion
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| LC Paper No. CB(2)1400/05-06(02)
(attached)
| - | List of follow-up actions
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| * IV. | Amendments to subsidiary legislation for 2006 Election Committee Subsector Elections
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| LC Paper No. CB(2)1400/05-06(03)
(attached)
| - | Paper provided by the Administration on "Amendments to subsidiary legislation for the 2006 Election Committee Subsector Elections"
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| V. | Methods for electing the head of state/government and members of legislature in some foreign countries
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| IN19/05-06
(attached)
| - | Information Note on "Summary of Electoral Systems in Selected Places" prepared by the Research and Library Services Division
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| LC Paper No. CB(2)1307/05-06
(issued to all Members on 3 March 2006)
| - | Paper for the Committee on Governance and Political Development under the Commission on Strategic Development on "Adoption of the Principles of Universal Suffrage and Balanced Participation - Practices in Some Democratic Countries"
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| (A list of other relevant papers previously issued is in Appendix)
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| VI. | Any other business
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* All other LegCo Members are invited to attend the meeting for discussion of agenda item IV
Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
15 March 2006
Appendix
A list of relevant papers previously issued
Research studies conducted by the Research and Library Services Division
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RP03-09/99-00
(issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)944/05-06 on 25 January 2006)
| - | Research Reports on Systems of Government in Some Foreign Countries : Singapore, New Zealand, Germany, The United Kingdom, Japan, France, The United States
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RP10/99-00
(issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)944/05-06 on 25 January 2006)
| - | The Overall Comparison Table on Systems of Government in Some Foreign Countries
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IN11/03-04
(issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1311/05-06 on 6 March 2006)
| - | Information Note on "The Selection of Head of State and Head of Government in Selected Places"
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Papers for the Committee on Governance and Political Development under the Commission on Strategic Development
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LC Paper No. CB(2)519/05-06(01)
(issued to the Panel on 26 November 2005 and discussed at the meeting on 19 December 2005)
| - | An Overview of the Political Structure of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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LC Paper No. CB(2)519/05-06(02)
(issued to the Panel on 26 November 2005 and discussed at the meeting on 19 December 2005)
| - | A Preliminary Study on the Methods to be Adopted for Selecting the Chief Executive and for Forming the Legislative Council when Universal Suffrage is Attained and Related Issues
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LC Paper No. CB(2)913/05-06
(issued to all Members on 18 January 2006) | - | Strategic Issues to be Discussed
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| - | Constitutional Basis of Basic Law Provisions Regarding "Universal Suffrage"
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| - | General Understanding on the Concept of "Universal Suffrage"
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Proposals of the Democratic Party
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LC Paper No. CB(2)870/05-06(03)
(issued on 13 January 2006)
(Chinese version only)
| - | Democratic Party's proposal on universal suffrage
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LC Paper No. CB(2)1191/05-06(01)
(issued on 21 February 2006)
(Chinese version only)
| - | Letter dated 20 February 2006 from Dr Hon YEUNG Sum concerning the Democratic Party's proposed issues relating to the implementation of universal suffrage for discussion by the Panel
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