31.   Over the next few months, the provisional legislature will prepare laws for implementation as soon as British rule ends.

32.   Party leader Martin Lee repeated his threat to go to court if the provisional legislature did any formal lawmaking before China took over.

33.   A Chinese-appointed committee selected the provisional legislature.

34.   A provisional legislature selected by a small Chinese-approved committee was put in its place.

35.   A spokesman for the post-handover government said there was nothing illegal about the provisional legislature and the law.

36.   After naming the chief executive, the selection committee will turn to choosing a provisional legislature.

37.   Although he is blacklisted by the Chinese government, he was allowed to speak without hindrance against the provisional legislature.

38.   An immigration bill cancelling the policy will be introduced to the provisional legislature on Wednesday and is expected to be passed unchanged.

39.   An unelected provisional legislature will vote Wednesday on the proposal, which has touched a raw nerve in Hong Kong.

40.   Another official guest at the function was provisional legislature president Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai who is campaigning for a seat through the Election Committee.