Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The 2000 Hong Kong legislative election for members of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo) was held on 10 September 2000. The elections returned 24 members from directly elected geographical constituencies and 30 members from functional constituencies,of which 9 uncontested. The Legislative Council is the unicameral legislature of Hong Kong. The Legislative Council of Hong Kong was set up in 1843 as a colonial legislature under British rule. Hong Kong's first constitution, in the form of Queen Victoria's Letters Patent which was entitled the Charter of the Colony of Hong Kong, authorized the establishment of the Legislative Council to advise the Governor's administration.