Panel on Constitutional Affairs

Meeting on Monday, 15 May 2006 at 2:30 pm
in the Chamber of the Legislative Council Building

Revised Agenda

I.	Confirmation of minutes of meeting (2:30 pm - 2:32 pm)
	LC Paper No. CB(2)1968/05-06 (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2) 1969/05-06 on 10 May 2006)	-	Minutes of meeting on 20 March 2006
II.	Information papers issued since the last meeting (2:32 pm - 2:35 pm)
	LC Paper No. CB(2)1802/05-06(01) (issued on 21 April 2006) (Chinese version only)	-	Paper on "Proposals on the method for selecting the Chief Executive" provided by the Democratic Party
	LC Paper No. CB(2)1992/05-06(01) (issued on 12 May 2006)	-	Letter dated 11 May 2006 from the Administration on "Amount of Financial Assistance Payable if Donations were not Deducted"
III.	Items for discussion at the next meeting (2:35 pm - 2:50 pm)
	LC Paper No. CB(2)1989/05-06(01) (attached)	-	List of outstanding items for discussion
	LC Paper No. CB(2)1989/05-06(02) (attached)	-	List of follow-up actions
*IV.	Review of the role, functions and composition of the District Councils (2:50 pm - 3:45 pm)
	Issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2) 1863/05-06 on 27 April 2006	-	Consultation Document on "Review on the Role, Functions and Composition of District Councils"
	Issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2) 1863/05-06 on 27 April 2006	-	Leaflet on "Enhancing work in districts, Strengthening District Councils"
	LC Paper No. CB(2)1863/05-06(01) (issued on 27 April 2006)	-	Paper on "Review on the Role, Functions and Composition of District Councils" provided by the Administration
	LC Paper No. CB(2)1863/05-06(02) (issued on 27 April 2006)	-	Power-point presentation material on "District Council Review" provided by the Administration
	LC Paper No. CB(2)2009/05-06(01) (English version only)	-	Letter dated 28 April 2006 to the Administration on "Review of the Role, Functions and Composition of District Councils"
	LC Paper No. CB(2)2009/05-06(02)	-	Administration's response on "Review on the Role, Functions and Composition of District Councils"
#V.	Practical arrangements for the 2006 Election Committee subsector elections (3:45 pm - 4:35 pm)
	LC Paper No. CB(2)1971/05-06(01) (issued on 10 May 2006)	-	Paper on "Practical arrangements for the 2006 Election Committee subsector elections" provided by the Administration
VI.	Model for forming the Legislative Council by universal suffrage (Item proposed by the Democratic Party) (4:35 pm - 5:25 pm) Issues to be discussed - (a) the future of functional constituencies; (b) the method for forming LegCo; (c) the criteria for delineating constituency boundaries; and (d) the system of voting
	LC Paper No. CB(2)1971/05-06(02) (issued on 10 May 2006)	-	Paper on "Discussion regarding the formation of the Legislative Council by universal suffrage" provided by the Administration
	IN24/05-06 (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2) 1971/05-06 on 10 May 2006)	-	Information Note on "Functional Representation in Ireland and Slovenia" prepared by the Research and Library Services Division
	IN25/05-06 (attached)	-	Information Note on "Compliance of the Electoral System of the Legislature with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: New Zealand" prepared by the Research and Library Services Division
	FS14/05-06 (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2) 1971/05-06 on 10 May 2006)	-	Fact Sheet on "Nationality Requirement of Legislators in Selected Countries" prepared by the Research and Library Services Division
	LC Paper No. CB(2)2018/05-06(01) (Chinese version only)	-	The Democratic Party's proposals on the method for forming the Legislative Council
	LC Paper No. CB(2)2018/05-06(02) (Chinese version only)	-	The Democratic Party's statement in response to the six conditions for implementing universal suffrage
	(A list of other relevant papers previously issued is in Appendix)
VII.	Any other business (5:25 pm - 5:30 pm)

<sup>* Members of the Panel on Home Affairs are invited to attend the meeting for discussion item IV

# All other LegCo Members are invited to attend the meeting for discussion of agenda item V</sup>

Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
12 May 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"
IN16/03-04 (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)3130/03-04 on 20 July 2004)	-	Information Note on "Functional Representation in Ireland, Slovenia and France"
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"
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
Proposals of the Democratic Party
LC Paper No. CB(2)870/05-06(03) (issued on 13 January 2006) (Chinese version only)	-	Preliminary proposals on the methods for selecting the Chief Executive and for forming the Legislative Council by universal suffrage
LC Paper No. CB(2)1802/05-06(01) (issued on 21 April 2006) (Chinese version only)	-	Proposals on the method for selecting the Chief Executive