FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1984
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DB CONSTITUENCY BOUNDARIES REVISED
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TWO ORDERS DECLARING THE INCREASE OF 23 ADDITIONAL DISTRICT BOARD CONSTITUENCIES AND THE CREATION OF KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI AS AN EXTRA DISTRICT WERE GAZETTED TODAY.
MAPS DELINEATING THE NEW DB ELECTORAL CONSTITUENCY BOUNDARIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICTS ARE NOW ON DISPLAY AT ALL DISTRICT OFFICES FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION SAID.
HE SAID THE DECLARATION OF DISTRICTS ORDER 1984 AND THE DECLARATION OF CONSTITUENCIES (DISTRICT BOARDS) ORDER 1984 WOULD ENABLE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SOME OF THE CHANGES FOR THE DB ELECTIONS IN MARCH NEXT YEAR.
+ TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS HAVE ALSO BEEN MADE THROUGH AN AMENDMENT TO THE DISTRICT BOARDS ORDINANCE IN ORDER TO ALLOW THE DECLARATION TO BE MADE WITHOUT AFFECTING THE CONTINUANCE OF THE PRESENT DISTRICTS AND DISTRICT BOARDS UP TO MARCH 31 NEXT YEAR AND ANY BY-ELECTION THAT MAY BE NECESSARY, HE SAID.
+ THE DECLARATIONS WILL BRING THE NUMBER OF DISTRICTS FROM 18 TO 19. AND THE NUMBER OF DB CONSTITUENCIES FROM 122 TO 145 COMPRISING 83 IN THE URBAN AREAS AND 62 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
+ THE CONSTITUENCY BOUNDARIES HAVE BEEN REVISED AFTER TAK ING INTO ACCOUNT THE NEED TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF ELECTED DB MEMBERS; GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; POPULATION GROWTH AND MOVEMENT; SENSE OF BELONGING; MIX OF HOUSING TYPES; AND SPREAD OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES.
+AS A RESULT, MINOR ADJUSTMENTS HAVE ALSO BEEN MADE TO EXISTING BOUNDARIES IN SOME DISTRICTS BECAUSE OF, FOR EXAMPLE, NEW DEVELOPMENTS.+
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT A NUMBER OF SIGNIFICANT CHANGES HAD RESULTED FROM A RECENTLY COMPLETED REVIEW OF THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM.
+THESE CHANGES, APART FROM THE NUMBER OF DISTRICTS AND CONSTITUENCIES, INCLUDE A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF ELECTED DB MEMBERS, THE SELECTION OF THE DB CHAIRMAN AMONG THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS, AND THE CONTINUED PRESENCE OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AT BOARD MEETINGS BUT WITHOUT VOTING RIGHTS, HE SAID.
+ALL THESE AIM AT ENHANCING THE REPRESENTATIVE STATUS OF THE BOARDS AND PROVIDING MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR DIRECT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN DISTRICT AFFAIRS.
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+POTENTIAL ELECTORS ARE URGED TO REGISTER AS VOTERS. THIS SHOULD BE FOLLOWED UP BY GOING TO THE POLLS IN THE FIRST TERRITORY-WIDE DB ELECTIONS NEXT YEAR.+
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