21.   The provisional body already has passed a law on post-handover holidays.

22.   The provisional body ignored him.

23.   The provisional body has been meeting outside Hong Kong, in the Chinese border city of Shenzhen, to protect itself from legal challenges in Hong Kong.

24.   The provisional body, which the Democrats charge as illegal, disbanded last week.

25.   They note that the Basic Law, the Chinese-approved mini-constitution for Hong Kong, does not provide for such a provisional body.

26.   They are boycotting the provisional body, but have vowed to campaign to regain their seats in the next election.

27.   It wants to set up its own provisional body.

28.   Beijing has said it will scrap the elected Legislative Council -- voted in last year under reforms Patten initiated -- and replace it with a provisional body.

29.   Beijing has already come under fierce criticism for plans to water down civil rights and for appointing a provisional body to replace the elected LegCo.

30.   Britain too was opposed to the setting of the provisional body.