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TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1984

THE NEW APPOINTMENTS WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE ON FRIDAY (MARCH 16).

THE COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP WILL COMPRISE 12 UNOFFICIAL AND SIX OFFICIAL MEMBERS. THE 12 UNOFFICIALS INCLUDE THREE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, TWO URBAN COUNCIL, FOUR DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS, ONE FROM A PROMINENT INTEREST GROUP, A LECTURER IN TRANSPORT STUDIES, AND ONE CONNECTED WITH THE TRANSPORT INDUSTRY.

EXISTING COMMITTEE MEMBERS RE-APPOINTED ARE

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MR CHAN PAK-KEUNG, THE HON F K HU, THE HON CHAN KAM-CHUEN, THE HON STEPHEN CHEONG, MR STEPHEN CHENG, MISS ANNA WU, AND MR HOWARD YOUNG.

CHANGES IN CONSTITUENCY BOUNDARIES PROPOSED

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TWO DISTRICT BOARD CONSTITUENCY BOUNDARIES IN KOWLOON CITY WILL NEED TO BE REVISED TO TIE IN WITH THE RECENTLY PROPOSED DOUBLING OF ELECTED MEMBERS ON THE BOARDS, THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR GORDON JONES, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

+THIS WILL ALSO ACHIEVE A MORE EVEN POPULATION SPREAD BETWEEN THE CONSTITUENCIES AND JUSTIFY THE CREATION OF TWO ELECTED SEATS IN EACH CONSTITUENCY SHOULD THE PROPOSAL BE ADOPTED, HE SAID.

THE TWO CONSTITUENCY BOUNDARIES IN QUESTION ARE THOSE BETWEEN THE HO MAN TIN NORTH AND SOUTH CONSTITUENCIES AND THE TO KWA WAN NORTH AND SOUTH CONSTITUENCIES.

AT PRESENT, KOWLOON CITY IS DIVIDED INTO EIGHT DISTRICT BOARD CONSTITUENCIES WHICH EACH HAVING ONE SEAT.

THE POPULATION IN EACH OF THE EIGHT CONSTITUENCIES ARE AS FOLLOWS: KOWLOON CITY AND SAI TAU, 62 366; KOWLOON TONG AND MA TAU WAI, 65 115; HO MAN TIN NORTH, 34 252; HO MAN TIN SOUTH, 77 528; TO KWA WAN NORTH, 45 422; TO KWA WAN SOUTH, 91 8171 HUNG HOM NORTH, 44 098 AND HUNG HOM SOUTH, 59 175.

MR JONES SAID THAT BASED ON THE PROPOSED CRITERION OF ONE ELECTED SEAT FOR A POPULATION OF 25 000 PEOPLE, THERE WOULD BE TWO CONSTITUENCIES HO MAN TIN SOUTH AND TO KWA WAN SOUTH - BEING ENTITLED TO AT LEAST THREE SEATS, WHEREAS ALL THE OTHER CONSTITUENCIES WOULD HAVE ONLY TWO SEATS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF HO MAN TIN NORTH, WHICH WOULD HAVE ONLY ONE SEAT.

+AS A RESULT, THERE WILL BE AN UNEVEN SPREAD OF SEATS AMONG THE CONSTITUENCIES.

+FURTHERMORE, IT WILL NOT BE EQUITABLE FOR EACH OF THE EXISTING CONSTITUENCIES TO HAVE TWO SEATS WITHOUT HAVING REGARD TO POPULATION, AS THIS WILL RESULT IN THE RESIDENTS OF SOME CONSTITUENCIES BEING OVER-REPRESENTED ON THE DISTRICT BOARD WHEREAS THE RESIDENTS OF OTHER CONSTITUENCIES WILL BE UNDER-REPRESENTED, HE SAID.

/THE EFFECT