71.   Hong Kong media reports said Hong Kong lawmaker Frederick Fung voted against the resolution and will not be able to sit on the provisional legislature.

72.   Hong Kong lawyers voted Monday not to join a Beijing-approved committee that will chose a provisional legislature after the territory reverts to Chinese rule next year.

73.   Hong Kong radio did not say whether a vote was taken at the meeting of the provisional legislature in the neighboring Chinese city of Shenzhen.

74.   Interviewed by Chinese-language TV stations Monday night, Tung urged its critics of the provisional legislature to find a way to work with it.

75.   In what amounts to a loyalty test, it has said that Hong Kong civil service heads who want to stay in office must endorse the provisional legislature.

76.   It poses a quandary for senior officials in the colonial government who in the past have opposed setting up the provisional legislature.

77.   It is boycotting the provisional legislature, rendering a large chunk of the populace voiceless for the first year of Chinese rule.

78.   It received backing Saturday from the provisional legislature, but final approval will take effect after the end of colonial rule.

79.   It replaced it with a provisional legislature that was mostly self-selected and will sit until new elections are held next year.

80.   It has also elected a provisional legislature, which will replace the current elected body in July.