1.   And the local elected legislature will cease to exist.

2.   In each of the provinces there is a Lieutenant-Governor who represents the Governor-General, and an elected legislature and executive council, led by a Premier.

3.   De Klerk had earlier suggested that executive power be held by a supreme council appointed by an elected legislature.

4.   An elected legislature has been restored, but judicial independence has not, and military abuses of human rights go largely unpunished.

5.   Among them, China says it will defy U.S. opposition to its plan to disband the democratically elected legislature.

6.   And although China will dismantle the elected legislature it inherits in Hong Kong, it has promised fresh elections within a year.

7.   Beijing plans to replace the elected legislature with appointed loyalists and to set aside the existing Bill of Rights.

8.   Beijing has insisted that Patten violated agreements between Britain and China when he introduced electoral changes designed to move the territory toward a fully elected legislature.

9.   China is preparing to disband the recently elected legislature as soon as it takes over and says it will hold fresh elections.

10.   Efforts by the elected legislature to enforce accountability and combat corruption have been ignored.