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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1994
SINCE THE END OF JULY, MR HO HAD BEEN CARRYING OUT HOUSEHOLD VISITS TO RESIDENTS OF HOLFORD GARDEN AND HIS ELECTION ADVERTISEMENTS HAVE BEEN ON DISPLAY THERE.
THE COMMITTEE, ON THE OTHER HAND, REJECTED MR CHU'S APPLICATION FOR HOUSEHOLD VISITS, DISTRIBUTION OF LEAFLETS AND DISPLAY OF ELECTION ADVERTISEMENTS IN HOLFORD GARDEN.
"THIS COURSE OF ACTION TAKEN BY THE SAID OWNERS' COMMITTER IGNORES THE NEED TO ACCORD FAIR AND EQUAL TREATMENT TO ALL CANDIDATES AND IS IN BLATANT DISREGARD OF THE BEC GUIDELINES ON ELECTION-RELATED ACTIVITIES IN RESPECT OF GEOGRAPHICAL CONSTITUENCY PUBLISHED ON JULY 15," MR JUSTICE WOO SAID.
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HE SAID DESPITE THE REMINDER FROM THE SHA TIN RETURNING OFFICER TO THE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN MR LAU KUN-HUNG OF THE BEC GUIDELINES, IT WOULD NOT DESIST FROM THE COURSE OF ACTION TAKEN.
MR HỌ HAU-CHEUNG ALSO INFORMED THE BEC THAT HR KNEW OF THE DECISION OF THE COMMITTEE ΤΟ DISALLOW MR CHU FROM ELECTIONEERING THERE. BUT HE TREATED THAT AS AN INTERNAL DECISION OF THE COMMITTEE AND HE MADE NO COMMENT ON IT.
"THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO JUSTIFIABLE REASON WHY MR CHU SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO CONDUCT ELECTIONEERING ACTIVITIES IN HOLFORD GARDEN WHEREAS MR HO WAS ALLOWED TO DO SO."
MR JUSTICE WOO SAID IT ALSO APPEARED TO THE BBC THAT THE DECISIONS OF THE COMMITTEE WERE MADE THROUGH ITS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WITHOUT PRIOR CONSULTATION WITH THE OWNERS OR RESIDENTS OF THE ESTATE.
"AS SUCH, IT DEPRIVES THE OWNERS AND RESIDENTS OF THEIR BASIC RIGHTS TO BE FULLY INFORMED.
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THE BEC HAS DIRECTED THAT A COPY OF THE PUBLIC CENSURE TO BE SENT TO THE RESIDENTS IN HOLFORD GARDEN TO INFORM THEM OF THE SITUATION.
NEW CHAIRMAN OF HONG KONG COUNCIL ON
SMOKING AND HEALTH APPOINTED
THE GOVERNOR HAS APPOINTED PROFESSOR S H LEE AS THE NEW CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG COUNCIL ON SMOKING AND HEALTH (COSH) FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS FROM OCTOBER 1, 1994, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MRS KATHERINE FOK, ANNOUNCED TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
PROFESSOR LEE WILL REPLACE DR RONALD LEUNG DING-BONG, WHO HAS BEEN THE CHAIRMAN OF COSH SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1987.
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MRS FOK THANKED DR LEUNG FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO COSH, WHICH HAS BEEN THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND
ANTI-SMOKING INITIATIVES IN HONG KONG.
PROFESSOR LEE IS FORMER DIRECTOR OF HEALTH AND CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE HONG KONG COLLEGE OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE.
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