Legislative Council

LC Paper No. AS 29/98-99

Ref. AM12/01/12

Paper for the House Committee Meeting on 17 July 1998

Nomination of Members for Election to
The Legislative Council Commission

LC Paper No. AS 20/98-99 invited nomination of Members for election to The Legislative Council Commission to be held at the House Committee meeting on 17 July 1998.

2. The following 10 nominations were received by 13 July 1998, i.e. the deadline for nomination :

Nominee	Proposer	Seconder
Hon James TIEN Pei-chun	Hon Mrs Selina CHOW	Hon Mrs Miriam LAU
Hon Edward HO Sing-tin	Hon Mrs Miriam LAU	Hon Mrs Selina CHOW
Hon LEE Wing-tat	Hon SIN Chung-kai	Hon Andrew CHENG Kar-foo
Hon NG Leung-sing	Hon MA Fung-kwok	Hon Eric LI Ka-cheung
Hon CHAN Kwok-keung	Hon YEUNG Yiu-chung	Hon Gary CHENG Kai-nam
Hon Bernard CHAN	Hon NG Leung-sing	Dr Hon LUI Ming-wah
Hon YEUNG Yiu-chung	Hon Gary CHENG Kai-nam	Hon CHAN Kam-lam
Hon Ambrose LAU Hon-chuen	Hon HUI Cheung-ching	Hon David CHU Yu-lin
Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing	Hon Cyd HO Sau-lan	Hon LEE Cheuk-yan
Hon LAW Chi-kwong	Hon SIN Chung-kai	Hon Andrew CHENG Kar-foo

3. As the number of nominations equals the number of Members to be elected to The Legislative Council Commission, it is proposed that the 10 Members in paragraph 2 above be declared elected by the Chairman of the House Committee, in accordance with the manner of election approved by the Council by resolution (copy at Appendix) on 8 July 1998.

4. The term of office of these 10 members will be for one year or until the next election, or until the next dissolution of the Legislative Council, whichever is the earlier.

Legislative Council Secretariat
July 1998

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Appendix

THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL COMMISSION ORDINANCE

RESOLUTION

(Determination made under sections 4(1)(e) and 5(4)
of The Legislative Council Commission Ordinance (Cap 443))

RESOLVED that with effect from 8 July 1998 the membership of The Legislative Council Commission, the election of members thereof and their term of office, be determined as follows :

Membership

1. In accordance with section 4(1)(e) of The Legislative Council Commission Ordinance ("the Ordinance"), the maximum number of members to be elected shall be 10.

Manner of election

2. An election of members referred to in section 4(1)(e) of the Ordinance shall be held at a meeting of the House Committee, the date of which ("election date") shall be appointed by the House Committee.

3. The Legislative Council Secretariat shall issue a circular and a nomination form to the Members of the Legislative Council at least seven clear days before the election date, inviting nominations to be made.

4. Each nomination form shall be for the nomination of one Member and shall be signed by one Member as the proposer, one Member as the seconder, and by the nominee Member to signify his consent to the nomination.

5. Duly completed nomination forms shall be delivered to the Legislative Council Secretariat at least three clear days before the election date.

6. In cases where the number of nominations received by the Legislative Council Secretariat by the deadline for nomination is less than the number referred to in paragraph 1, further nominations may be proposed, at the House Committee meeting at which the election is conducted, by any Member and seconded by another, with the proposed nominee signifying his consent to the nomination.

7. In cases where the number of nominations received under paragraphs 5 and 6 is less than or equal to the number referred to in paragraph 1, the Chairman of the House Committee shall declare the nominees duly elected.

8. In cases where the number of nominations received under paragraphs 5 and 6 is more than the number referred to in paragraph 1, a poll shall be taken at the House Committee meeting at which the election is conducted; voting at which shall be by secret ballot and counted in accordance with the simple or relative majority system of election (otherwise known as "first-past-the-post" system of election), whereby a Member may vote for as many nominees as the number of vacancies and no more and the nominees who get the highest numbers of votes will be declared elected.

9. In cases where a nominee would have been elected but for there being one or more other nominees having been given the same number of votes, a separate poll shall be taken in respect of that nominee and such other nominee(s) in accordance with the system of election mentioned in paragraph 8 above until all the remaining vacancy or vacancies are filled.

Term of Office

10. Unless otherwise determined by the Council by resolution, the term of office of members elected under section 4(1)(e) shall be one year or until the next House Committee meeting held for the election of Commission members, or until the next dissolution of Legislative Council, whichever is the earlier.