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FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 883
OF 011108Z JUNE 93
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INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
BOUNDARY AND ELECTION COMMISSION ORDINANCE: PUBLIC STEPS AFTER
ENACTMENT
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AS FORESHADOWED IN OUR TELNO 882, PUBLIC STEPS THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN FOLLOWING ENACTMENT OF THE BOUNDARY AND ELECTION
COMMISSION (BEC) ORDINANCE ON 26 MAY (UP TO END OF 1993) ARE SET OUT BELOW :
ACTIVITY
(1)
GAZETTAL OF GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL'S
ORDER ON THE NAMES AND NUMBER OF PROPOSED DISTRICTS FOR THE NEXT DISTRICT BOARD (DB) TERM (THE ORDER). (THE ORDER, TO BE MADE UNDER THE DB ORDINANCE, CAP 366, WILL PROVIDE THE BEC WITH A BASIC PARAMETER FOR REVIEWING THE DB
CONSTITUENCY BOUNDARIES.)
(2) TABLING OF THE ORDER IN LEGCO (AS REQUIRED UNDER SECTION 34 OF THE INTERPRETATION AND GENERAL CLAUSES ORDINANCE, CAP.1): ORDER SUBJECT TO LEGCO'S SCRUTINY AND AMENDMENT WITHIN 28 DAYS AFTER TABLING.
(3) GAZETTAL OF COMMENCEMENT NOTICE FOR PART OF THE BEC ORDINANCE (PROVISIONS RELATING TO APPOINTMENT OF BEC MEMBERS AND BEC'S FUNCTION TO REVIEW CONSTITUENCY BOUNDARIES). (SECTION 1(2) OF THE BEC ORDINANCE STIPULATES THAT THE ORDINANCE SHALL COME INTO OPERATION ON A DAY TO BE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR IN THE GAZETTE AND DIFFERENT DAYS MAY BE APPOINTED FOR DIFFERENT PROVISIONS. THIS GAZETTAL
PROVISIONAL DATE
4 JUNE 1993
IS REQUIRED FOR ACTION ON ITEMS (4) AND (5) BELOW).
(4)
GAZETTAL OF GOVERNOR'S NOTICE ON APPOINTMENT
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