111.   The self-rule legislature will be the first democratic body ever designed to permit Palestinians to govern themselves.

112.   The provisional legislature is the body Beijing will put in place here after it takes over sovereignty.

113.   The provisional legislature is to set up two working groups to determine working rules and study an administrative framework, its president Rita Fan said.

114.   The vote in September will come two months before the present legislature was due to have completed its term.

115.   Trillo said the legislature was likely to examine the nomination before the end of the month.

116.   Tung on Saturday remained adamant that he would continue to pursue Patten to accept the inevitability that the provisional legislature would be set up.

117.   Yeung added that Rifkind should get Qian to reaffirm an earlier promise that there would not be two legislatures working simultaneously in Hong Kong.

118.   Patten on Thursday reiterated his position that the provisional legislature is a threat to Hong Kong.

119.   Reports from Baghdad indicated the Iraqi legislature was to hold an extraordinary session to discuss a possible formal recognition of Kuwait.

120.   She called on Beijing to explain why a new legislature is necessary.