The Preparatory Committee for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region was a body established by the

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government on 26 January 1996 for the transition of the Hong Kong sovereignty in 1997. The Preparatory Committee was responsible for implementation work related to the establishment of the HKSAR, including the prescription of the method for the formation of the first government and first Legislative Council and establishment of the Selection Committee, which in turn was responsible for the selection of the first

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and the members of the Provisional Legislative Council. The Preparatory Committee consisted of 150 memberes with 94 Hong Kong appointees and 56 Mainland appointees. All the members of the

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were appointed to the Preparatory Committee. The chairman of the committee was Qian Qichen. The two vice-chairmen from the mainland side were Lu Ping and

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. The five vice-chairmen from the Hong Kong side were Henry Fok, T. K. Ann,

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, Simon Li and

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