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FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1990

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REVISED CONSTITUENCY BOUNDARIES

COMPOSITION FOR NEXT DB TERM

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DECLARATIONS OF CHANGES TO DISTRICT COMPOSITION FOR THE NEXT DISTRICT BOARD TERM GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY).

BOARD CONSTITUENCIES AND WERE PUBLISHED IN THE

14 DISTRICTS,

CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES OF NAMELY EASTERN, WAN CHAI, WONG TAI SIN, KOWLOON CITY, KWUN TONG, SHUI PO, KWAI TSING, NORTH, SA1 KUNG, SHA TUEN MUN AND YUEN LONG.

SHAM

TIN, ΤΑΙ PO. TSUEN WAN,

THE CONSTITUENCY THE CHANGES ALSO INVOLVED REALIGNING SOME OF BOUNDARIES IN 17 DISTRICTS. NO CHANGES WERE MADE TO MONG KOK AND TSIM DISTRICTS.

YAU

H

BY 53 FROM "THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CONSTITUENCIES HAS INCREASED

SINGLE-SEAT CONSTITUENCIES AND 64 157 TO 210, AMONG WHICH, 146 ARE

FOR A SPOKESMAN

THE CITY

NEW AND ARE DOUBLE-SEAT CONSTITUENCIES,

TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION SAID.

DISTRICTS

CHANGES WERE MADE IN LIGHT THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT THESE

NEED OF POPULATION GROWTH AND MOVEMENTS, PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE

IN LINE WITH TO BRING

BOUNDARIES OF SOME

CONSTITUENCIES SOME OF THE ADMINISTRATION BOUNDARIES. TO BETTER REFLECT LOCAL CHARACTERISTICS.

THE

LAND WERE RENAMED

THE

OF RECOMMENDATIONS

INTER-DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE SET UP IN JUNE LAST YEAR

THE

WERE CHANGES

BASED ON

DISTRICT BOARD CONSTITUENCY ACCOUNT PUBLIC OPINION.

BOUNDARIES

WHICH HAD

AN

ΤΟ REVIEW THE ALSO TAKEN INTO

"THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE IN GENERAL SUPPORTED BY THE PUBLIC".

ΤΟ

"CHANGES TO THE DISTRICT BOARD CONSTITUENCY BOUNDARIES HAVE

REGISTRATION EXERCISE TO BE DECLARED NOW TO ENABLE THE ANNUAL VOTER START ON AUGUST 15 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENT, SPOKESMAN SAID.

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THE

HAD RESULTED

POPULATION CHANGES IN INDIVIDUAL CONSTITUENCIES IN ADJUSTMENT ON THE NUMBER OF ELECTED SEATS IN SOME DISTRICTS.

REDUCED BY SPECIFICALLY, THE NUMBER OF ELECTED SEATS WOULD BE

AND WONG TAI SIN DISTRICTS RESPECTIVELY. ONE AND TWO IN SOUTHERN

OF 13 IN EIGHT DISTRICTS HOWEVER, THE NUMBER INCREASED BY A TOTAL

PO, TSUEN WAN (EASTERN, ISLANDS, KWAI TSING, SAI KUNG, SHA TIN, TAI AND TUEN MUN). THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ELECTED SEATS WOULD BY 10 FROM 264 TO 274.

BE INCREASED

/FOLLOWING THE