Panel on Constitutional Affairs

Meeting on Friday, 21 April 2006 at 8:30 am
in the Chamber of the Legislative Council Building

A G E N D A

I.	Confirmation of minutes of meeting
	LC Paper No. CB(2)1712/05-06 (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1713/05-06 on 12 April 2006)		-	Minutes of meeting on 20 February 2006
II.	Information papers issued since the last meeting
	LC Paper No. CB(2)1595/05-06(01) (issued on 30 March 2006)		-	Administration's response concerning the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference subsector of the Election Committee
	LC Paper No. CB(2)1754/05-06(01) (issued on 19 April 2006)		-	Administration's response to an issue relating to universal suffrage raised by Hon Margaret NG at the meeting on 16 January 2006
III.	Items for discussion at the next meeting
	LC Paper No. CB(2)1745/05-06(01) (attached)		-	List of outstanding items for discussion
* IV.	Financial assistance scheme for candidates in District Council elections
	LC Paper No. CB(2)1571/05-06(01) (issued on 28 March 2006)		-	Paper provided by the Administration on "Financial Assistance Scheme for Candidates in District Council Elections"
V.	Items relating to universal suffrage proposed by the Democratic Party
	(a)	Method for selecting the Chief Executive by universal suffrage
	(b)	Review of the Chief Executive Election Ordinance
		LC Paper No. CB(2)870/05-06(03) (issued on 13 January 2006) (Chinese version only)	-	Democratic Party's proposal on universal suffrage
		LC Paper No. CB(2)1745/05-06(02) (attached)	-	Paper provided by the Administration on "Method for Selecting the Chief Executive by Universal Suffrage and Review of the Chief Executive Election Ordinance"
	(A list of other relevant papers previously issued is in Appendix)
VI.	Any other business

^{* All other LegCo Members are invited to attend the meeting for discussion of agenda item IV}

Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
19 April 2006

Appendix

A list of relevant papers previously issued

Research studies conducted by the Research and Library Services Division
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
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
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"
IN19/05-06 (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1400/05-06 on 15 March 2006)	-	Information Note on "Summary of Electoral Systems in Selected Places" prepared by the Research and Library Services Division
Papers for the Committee on Governance and Political Development (CGPD) under the Commission on Strategic Development (CSD) CGPD's meeting on 29 November 2005
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
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
CGPD's meeting on 20 January 2006
LC Paper No. CB(2)913/05-06 (issued to all Members on 18 January 2006)	-	Strategic Issues to be Discussed
	-	Constitutional Basis of Basic Law Provisions Regarding "Universal Suffrage"
	-	General Understanding on the Concept of "Universal Suffrage"
CGPD's meeting on 28 February 2006
LC Paper No. CB(2)1307/05-06 (issued to all Members on 3 March 2006)	-	Paper for the workshop organised by the Secretariat to CSD and the Constitutional Affairs Bureau on "Adoption of the Principles of Universal Suffrage and Balanced Participation - Practices in Some Democratic Countries"
CGPD's meeting on 24 March 2006
LC Paper No. CB(2)1519/05-06 (issued to all Members on 23 March 2006)	-	Appendix I Papers for the third meeting on 24 March 2006 - (i) Agenda (ii) Provisions in the Basic Law concerning the Capitalist Economy (Paper Ref: CSD/GC/4/2006) (iii) Public Finance Policy and Financial Position of the HKSAR (Paper Ref: CSD/GC/5/2006) Appendix II Summary of the views expressed at the first meeting on 29 November 2005 Appendix III Summary of the views expressed at the second meeting on 20 January 2006 Appendix IV Summary of the views expressed at the workshop organised by the Secretariat to CSD and the Constitutional Affairs Bureau on 28 February 2006