101.   The resulting legislature was fractious, with more than a dozen different factions.

102.   The substitute legislature is to be chosen Saturday.

103.   The state legislature is to debate the new law Wednesday, with a vote expected Thursday.

104.   They had to meet in Shenzhen because Britain considers the China-backed provisional legislature to be illegal.

105.   They maintained that laws in force under the British colonial government needed to be readopted by the new government, and that the provisional legislature was illegal.

106.   While the national parliament is still a fairly tame setting, local legislatures have been more aggressive.

107.   In its place a provisional legislature is to be set up, pending fresh elections.

108.   A Republican legislature is likely to be more sympathetic to trade pacts and willing to meet Clinton half way on such accords, Hufbauer added.

109.   But he said the move would need parliamentary approval and noted that the legislature is in recess until early January.

110.   China considered that the legislature was an attempt by London to maintain its influence and manipulate the territory after the handover, Zhou said.