Panel on Constitutional Affairs

Meeting on Monday, 20 November 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
	LC Paper No. CB(2)123/06-07 (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2) 124/06-07 on 19 October 2006)	-	Minutes of meeting on 12 October 2006
II.	Items for discussion at the next meeting
	LC Paper No. CB(2)376/06-07(01) (issued on 15 November 2006)	-	List of outstanding items for discussion
	LC Paper No. CB(2)376/06-07(02) (issued on 15 November 2006)	-	Background brief prepared by the LegCo Secretariat on "The question of 'important bill' under Article 50 of the Basic Law"
*III.	Proposed guidelines on election-related activities in respect of the Chief Executive elections
	LC Paper No. CB(2)377/06-07(01) (issued on 16 November 2006)	-	Paper provided by the Administration on "Proposed Guidelines issued by the Electoral Affairs Commission on Election-related Activities in respect of the Chief Executive Elections"
IV.	Models for forming the Legislative Council by universal suffrage
	LC Paper No. CB(2)3062/05-06 (issued to all Members on 20 September 2006)	-	Paper on "Possible Models for Forming the Legislative Council by Universal Suffrage" prepared by the Administration for the sixth meeting of the Committee on Governance and Political Development of the Commission on Strategic Development on 22 September 2006
	LC Paper No. CB(2)376/06-07(03) (issued on 15 November 2006)	-	Paper on "Possible Models for Forming the Legislative Council by Universal Suffrage" prepared by the Administration - proposals from the Business and Professionals Federation of Hong Kong and Mrs Regina IP for the workshop held by the Commission on Strategic Development on 6 November 2006
	LC Paper No. CB(2)402/06-07(01) (attached)	-	Transcript of a media briefing given by the Secretary for Constitutional Affairs after attending the workshop held by the Commission on Strategic Development on possible models for forming the Legislative Council by universal suffrage on 6 November 2006
	(A list of relevant papers previously issued is available on the LegCo website at http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr06-07/english/panels/ca/agenda/caag1120.htm)
V.	Any other business

^{* All other Hon Legislative Members are invited to attend the meeting for discussion of agenda item III}

Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
17 November 2006

Appendix

A list of relevant papers previously issued

Papers provided by the Administration for the Panel
LC Paper No. CB(2)1745/05-06(02) (issued on 19 April 2006)	-	Method for Selecting the Chief Executive by Universal Suffrage and Review of the Chief Executive Election Ordinance
LC Paper No. CB(2)1971/05-06(02) (issued on 10 May 2006)	-	Discussion regarding the formation of the Legislative Council by universal suffrage
Papers for the Committee on Governance and Political Development (CGPD) under the Commission on Strategic Development (CSD) CGPD's 1st 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 2nd 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"
Workshop organized on 28 February 2006
LC Paper No. CB(2)1307/05-06 (issued to all Members on 3 March 2006)	-	Adoption of the Principles of Universal Suffrage and Balanced Participation - Practices in Some Democratic Countries
CGPD's 3rd meeting on 24 March 2006
LC Paper No. CB(2)1519/05-06 (issued to all Members on 23 March 2006)	-	Provisions in the Basic Law concerning the Capitalist Economy (Paper Ref: CSD/GC/4/2006)
	-	Public Finance Policy and Financial Position of the HKSAR (Paper Ref: CSD/GC/5/2006)
	-	Summary of the views expressed at the first meeting on 29 November 2005
	-	Summary of the views expressed at the second meeting on 20 January 2006
	-	Summary of the views expressed at the workshop organised by the Secretariat to CSD and the Constitutional Affairs Bureau on 28 February 2006
CGPD's 4th meeting on 26 May 2006
LC Paper No. CB(2)2112/05-06 (issued to all Members on 23 May 2006)	-	Summary of the views expressed at the third meeting on 24 March 2006
LC Paper No. CB(2)2317/05-06 (issued to all Members on 8 June 2006 to supersede Paper Ref. CSD/GC/6/2006 issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)2112/05-06 on 23 May 2006)	-	Conclusions on Discussions on the Concepts and Principles Relating to Universal Suffrage (Paper Ref: CSD/GC/6A/2006)
CGPD's 5th meeting on 28 July 2006
LC Paper No. CB(2)2835/05-06 (issued to all Members on 25 July 2006)	-	Possible Models for Selecting the Chief Executive by Universal Suffrage (Paper Ref: CSD/GC/7/2006)
	-	Summary of the views expressed at the third meeting on 24 March 2006Summary of the views expressed at the fourth meeting on 26 May 2006
Papers provided by 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
LC Paper No. CB(2)2018/05-06(01) (issued on 15 May 2006) (Chinese version only)	-	Proposals on the method for forming the Legislative Council
LC Paper No. CB(2)2018/05-06(02) (issued on 15 May 2006) (Chinese version only)	-	Statement in response to the six conditions for implementing universal suffrage
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"
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"
IN25/05-06 (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1989/05-06 on 12 May 2006)	-	Information Note on "Compliance of the Electoral System of the Legislature with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: New Zealand"
FS14/05-06 (Updated version re- issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)2071/05-06 on 19 May 2006)	-	Fact Sheet on "Nationality Requirement of Legislators in Selected Countries"
Other relevant papers
LC Paper No. CB(2)2386/05-06(01) (issued on 14 June 2006)	-	Background brief prepared by the LegCo Secretariat on "Models for selecting the Chief Executive and forming the Legislative Council by universal suffrage"

Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
17 November 2006