FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1985
ELECTION CONSTITUENCIES SET OUT
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TWO ORDERS DECLARING THE CONSTITUENCIES FOR ELECTIONS TO THE URBAN COUNCIL AND TO THE REGIONAL COUNCIL ARE PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY).
THEY ARE THE DECLARATION OF CONSTITUENCIES (URBAN COUNCIL) ORDER 1985 AND THE DECLARATION OF CONSTITUENCIES (REGIONAL COUNCIL) ORDER 1985.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT FOR THE URBAN COUNCIL, THE ORDER IS MERELY A REDECLARATION OF THE EXISTING CONSTITUENCY BOUNDARIES. IN OTHER WORDS, THERE WILL STILL BE TEN DISTRICTS WITH A TOTAL OF 15 CONSTITUENCIES.
IN THE CASE OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL FOR WHICH NEW BOUNDARIES HAVE BEEN DRAWN UP, THERE WILL BE NINE DISTRICTS WITH 12 CONSTITUENCIES (IN BRACKETS) AS FOLLOWS:
ISLANDS (ISLANDS), KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI (KWAI CHUNG EAST, KWAI CHUNG WEST AND TSING YI), NORTH (NORTH), SAI KUNG (SAL KUNG), SHA TIN (SHA TIN EAST, SHA TIN WEST), TAI PO (TAI PO), TSUEN WAN (TSUEN WAN), TUEN MUN (TUEN MUN EAST, TUEN MUN WEST), YUEN LONG (YUEN LONG).
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT DETAILS OF THE DELINEATION OF THE CONSTITUENCY AREAS WERE OUTLINED ON MAPS IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTRATION OFFICER.
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MORE POWER SOUGHT TO FREEZE ILL-GOTTEN GAINS
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THE HIGH COURT MAY HAVE WIDER POWERS IN FUTURE TO GRANT INJUNCTIONS TO FREEZE THE ILL-GOTTEN GAINS OF SUSPECTED CRIMINALS PUT IN BANK ACCOUNTS.
UNDER A SUPREME COURT (AMENDMENT) BILL 1985 GAZETTED TODAY (FRIDAY), THE HIGH COURT MAY GRANT SUCH AN INJUNCTION ON APPLICATION BY THE POLICE AS A SEPARATE SUBSTANTIVE PROCEEDING. UNDER EXISTING LEGISLATION, AN APPLICATION FOR AN INJUNCTION AS AN ANCILLARY RELIEF HAS TO BE ADJUNCT TO AN ACTION ASSERTING A LEGAL OR EQUITABLE RIGHT.
THE BILL ONLY GIVES, AMONG OTHER APPLICANTS, THE POLICE A LEGAL STATUS TO MAKE THE APPLICATION AS LONG AS THEY CAN ESTABLISH A RELEVANT DEGREE OF INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE APPLICATION. THE HIGH COURT WILL STILL HAVE TO BE SATISFIED THAT THE GRANT OF AN INJUNCTION IS JUST AND CONVENIENT.
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