| Abstract | With just six months to go before its reversion to China, the territory now has tow legislatures, meeting in separate cities and working to different agendas. One is the 60-member Legislative Council (Legco), elected by a million voters in 1995 under British-devised rules over China's objection. The other, also 60-strong, is the provisional legislature, chosen on 21 December 1996 by a 400-person electoral college anointed by Beijing. It will replace Legco on 1 July 1997, when the Hong Kong Special Adminstrative Region (SAR) is inaugurated. Thirty-three people serve on both bodies. The formation of the provisional body attracted much controversy. |
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