People nominated for the Selection Committee will be vetted for their eligibility before being admitted to a shortlist of contenders, according to a Preparatory Committee report.
But ultimate responsibility for the elimination process will be vested in the chairman and nine vice-chairmen of the Beijing-appointed Preparatory Committee or their appointees.
This was revealed in a 13-page report summing up opinions expressed in a territory-wide consultation last month on how the Selection Committee should be formed.
It stated that many participants thought it necessary to vet qualifications of those being nominated to help choose the chief executive and the provisional legislature.
'They believed candidates have to meet certain requirements because the Selection Committee relates to the whole work of setting up the Special Administrative Region and the fate of Hong Kong people,' it said.
The criteria to be applied in the culling process was not outlined but the Preparatory Committee over the weekend adopted the principle that candidates must be 'willing to carry out their duty' to name both the chief executive and the provisional legislature.
The Basic Law stipulates only that they have to be permanent residents of the territory.
