Administration
Hong Kong is now a Special Administrative Region of the People's
Republic of China (PRC). Under the Basic Law which is the governing
instrument of the region, executive power is held by a Chief Executive,
who is appointed by a 400-strong Selection Committee. The Chief
Executive is answerable to the State Council of the PRC (see the
China section for details of the State Council) and serves a five-year
term.
The Chief Executive appoints a 15-member Executive Council to
assist in the administration of the Region. Hong Kong's legislature
is the 60-member Legislative Council: 20 members are directly elected
in geographical constituencies; 30 members are elected by "functional
constituencies" (mostly professional bodies and business interests)
and the remaining 10 by an Election Committee composed of 800 "representatives
of the community".
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