The Government has released a consultation paper on arrangements for filling vacancies in the Legislative Council and kicked off a two-month public consultation. Having regard to the mischief arising from the resignations of five LegCo members last year, the administration considers it necessary to plug the loophole. It gazetted the Legislative Council (Amendment) Bill 2011 in June and subsequently announced revisions to the proposal in the Bill. Full Story ( [ Ссылка ] )
