Legislative Council of Hong Kong

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organ of state power parliament unicameral legislature

The Legislative Council of Hong Kong is the unicameral law-making body of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, responsible for enacting, amending, and repealing laws, approving budgets, and monitoring the work of the government.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
Finance Committee of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong	1
LegCo	1
Legislative Council of Hong Kong (colonial)	1
Legislative Council of Hong Kong (colonial) established in 1843	1
Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China	1
President of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong	1
香港立法會	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	organ of state power ⓘ parliament ⓘ unicameral legislature ⓘ
budgetaryPower	approves government budget ⓘ approves public expenditure ⓘ
buildingOpened	2011 ⓘ
country	Hong Kong, China ⓘ surface form: Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
currentPresident	Andrew Leung Kwan-yuen ⓘ
currentPresidentStartDate	2016-10-12 ⓘ
electoralCycle	held every 4 years ⓘ
emblem	Emblem of Hong Kong ⓘ surface form: Emblem of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
foundationDate	1997-07-01 ⓘ
governingDocument	Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ⓘ
hasChamber	Legislative Council of Hong Kong self-link ⓘ
hasCommittee	Legislative Council of Hong Kong self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Finance Committee of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong House Committee of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong ⓘ Panel on Constitutional Affairs of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong ⓘ Public Accounts Committee of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong ⓘ
hasSession	Legislative session of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong ⓘ
historicalPrecursor	Legislative Council of Hong Kong self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Legislative Council of Hong Kong (colonial) established in 1843
jurisdiction	Hong Kong, China ⓘ surface form: Hong Kong
languageUsed	Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ
leadershipPosition	Legislative Council of Hong Kong self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: President of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
legalBasis	Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor	Hong Kong, China ⓘ surface form: Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
locatedIn	Hong Kong, China ⓘ surface form: Hong Kong Hong Kong Island ⓘ Tamar, Admiralty ⓘ
logo	Logo of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong ⓘ
meetingPlace	Legislative Council Complex ⓘ
nativeName	Legislative Council of Hong Kong self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 香港立法會
nativeNameLanguage	Chinese ⓘ
numberOfHouses	1 ⓘ
numberOfMembers	90 ⓘ
officialName	Legislative Council of Hong Kong self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
precededBy	Legislative Council of Hong Kong self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Legislative Council of Hong Kong (colonial)
primaryFunction	amend laws ⓘ approve budgets ⓘ enact laws ⓘ monitor work of the government ⓘ repeal laws ⓘ
seat	Legislative Council Complex ⓘ
shortName	Legislative Council of Hong Kong self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: LegCo
supervises	Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ⓘ
termLength	4 years ⓘ
votingSystem	Election Committee constituency ⓘ functional constituencies ⓘ proportional representation ⓘ
website	https://www.legco.gov.hk ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region → cooperatesWith → Legislative Council of Hong Kong ⓘ

Legislative Council of Hong Kong → hasChamber → Legislative Council of Hong Kong self-link ⓘ

Legislative Council of Hong Kong → hasCommittee → Legislative Council of Hong Kong self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Finance Committee of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong

Legislative Council of Hong Kong → historicalPrecursor → Legislative Council of Hong Kong self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Legislative Council of Hong Kong (colonial) established in 1843

Legislative Council of Hong Kong → leadershipPosition → Legislative Council of Hong Kong self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: President of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong

Hong Kong, China → legislature → Legislative Council of Hong Kong ⓘ

subject surface form: Hong Kong

Hong Kong under British rule → legislature → Legislative Council of Hong Kong ⓘ

Legislative Council of Hong Kong → nativeName → Legislative Council of Hong Kong self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 香港立法會

Legislative Council of Hong Kong → officialName → Legislative Council of Hong Kong self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China

Legislative Council of Hong Kong → precededBy → Legislative Council of Hong Kong self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Legislative Council of Hong Kong (colonial)

Legislative Council of Hong Kong → shortName → Legislative Council of Hong Kong self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: LegCo