| Provisional Legislative Council of Hong Kong 香港臨時立法會 |
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| Type | |
| Type | Unicameral |
| Leadership | |
| President of the Provisional Legislative Council | Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai, Independent since 25 Jan 1997 |
| Structure | |
| Members | 63 |
| Meeting place | |
| Shenzhen Guesthouse Hotel & Legislative Council Building | |
| Web site | |
The Provisional Legislative Council or the PLC (Chinese: 臨時立法會, frequently abbreviated to 臨立會) was the interim legislature of Hong Kong from 1997 to 1998. The legislature was founded in Guangzhou and sat in Shenzhen from 1996 (with offices in Hong Kong) until the handover in 1997 and moved to Hong Kong to serves as the temporary replacement of Legislative Council of Hong Kong. It was established by the Preparatory Committee for HKSAR by resolution at its Second Plenary Session on 24 March 1996. The 60 members in PLC were elected on 21 December 1996 by the 400-member Selection Committee for the First Government of the HKSAR, which also elected the first Chief Executive. Official start date for this council was on 25 Jan 1997.[1]
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History
The Provisional Legco was set up in 1996 by the People's Republic of China (PRC) to serve as a provisional legislature of Hong Kong, after the proposal package of electoral changes for the 1995 Legislative Council elections that was deemed unconstitutional by the PRC was passed in the Legislative Council. It was believed that the formation of the council according to the proposal by the government of Chris Patten, then governor, favoured pro-democracy candidates.
Legislative Council Building
For the first five months, the PLC met in one of the conference halls at the Shenzhen Guesthouse Hotel. From 1 July 1997 to 1998 it sat at Legislative Council Building in Hong Kong.
Council committees and the Legco Secretariat sat at various locations:
- Huaxia Art Centre, Shenzhen from 22 February to 21 June 1997
- Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre Extension - 1 July 1997
The Council held 60 meetings, 17 motions and passed 13 bills introduced by the Chief Executive of Hong Kong.
The Legco Secretariat offices were on the 3 floor of the Huaxia Art Centre.
Organization
The 60-member Provisional Legislative Council was elected in 1996 by block vote by the 400 member Selection Committee, an electoral college handpicked by the PRC. It met in the city of Shenzhen across the border, until it replaced the Legislative Council upon the transfer of sovereignty. The term of the PLC lasted until the first legislative elections in 1998.
Until the handover, the PLC had no legal standing in Hong Kong and acted as a transition body for the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
In the first five months prior to the handover, the PLC was involved in transition work towards replacing the British legislature:
- devising a new electoral system to govern polls for the SAR’s first Legislative
- appointment of top judges to Hong Kong's new courts
- review and sanction of the 1997-1998 budget
- voting on proposals by the Preparatory Committee to amend or repeal some of the pre-existent Hong Kong laws
Members of the Provisional Legislative Council
Seating Arrangement
The PLC likely sat around a conference when it met at the Shenzhen Guesthouse Hotel. The President of the PLC sat at one end of the table.
After 30 June 1997, the members of the Legislative Council are seated to the left and front of the President's chair in the chambers. The three rows to the right are reserved for the secretaries and other civil servants of the government, and other people whom appear in the meetings.
President of the Provisional Legislative Council
The Presidents of the PLC was Rita Fan, whom later lead the legislative council following the handover.
Members
A list of members of the legislative council from 1996 to 1998:
- Leong Che-hung
- Rita Fan - President or Presiding Officer
- Chow Liang Shuk-yee
- Andrew Wong
- Frederick Fung
- Cheng Kai-nam - jailed for stealing and selling info
- Wong Siu-Yee
- James Tien
- David Chu Yu-Lin
- Ho Sai-Chu
- Edward Ho Sing-Tin
- Dr Raymond Ho Chung-Tai
- Ng Leung Sing
- Professor Ng Ching Fai
- Eric Li Ka Cheung
- Lee Kai Ming
- Allen Lee
- Elsie Tu
- Peggy Lam Pei Yu Dja
- Henry Wu
- Ngai Shiu Kit
- Henry Tang
- Yuen Mo
- Ma Fung Kwok
- Cheung Hon Chung
- Dr Tso Wong Man Yin
- Leung Chun Ying
- Dr Leong Che Hung
- Sophie Leung La Yau Fan
- Mok Ying Fan
- Hui Yin Fat
- Chan Choi Hi
- Chan Yuen Han
- Chan Wing Chan
- Chan Kam Lam
- Jasper Tsang Yok-sing
- Cheung Kai Nam
- Dr Philip Wong Yu Hong
- Kennedy Wong Ying Ho
- Dr Charles Yeung Chun Kam
- Yeung Yiu Chung
- Ip Kwok Him
- Chim Pui Chung
- Bruce Liu Sing Lee
- Lau Kwong Wah
- Lau Wong Fat
- Miriam Lau Kin Yee
- Ambrose Lau Hong-Chuen
- Choy Kan Pui
- Paul Cheng Ming Fun
- Cheung Yiu Tong
- Dr Tan Siu Tong
- Timothy Fok
- Kan Fook Yee
- Ngan Kam Chuen
- Lo Suk Ching
- Dr. Law Cheung Kwok
- Maria Tam Wai Chu
- Tam Yiu-Chung
- Dr. David Li Kwok Po
- Ronald Arculli
- Howard Young
Officers of the Provisional Legislative Council
The only officer found in the records was for the Clerk, Pauline Ng Man-Wah.
Standing Committees
- Finance Committee
- Public Accounts Committee
- Committee of Members' Interest
See also
- Legislative Council of Hong Kong
- Provisional Executive Council of Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Provisional Legislature election, 1996
- Legislation of the Provisional Government of Hong Kong
References
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