THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1994
EXCO ENDORSES BEC'S PROPOSALS ON MC CONSTITUENCIES
THE GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL HAS ACCEPTED THE RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE BOUNDARY AND ELECTION COMMISSION (BEC) ON THE DELINEATION THE NAMES OF MUNICIPAL COUNCIL CONSTITUENCIES FOR THE MARCH ELECTIONS.
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ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY (THURSDAY), A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN THAT THE BEC HAD AGAIN DONE AN EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD JOB AND HAD TAKEN ON BOARD COMMENTS RECEIVED DURING PUBLIC CONSULTATION.
"GIVEN THE STATUTORY CRITERIA WHICH LIMIT THE FLEXIBILITY OP THE BEC IN REVISING ITS PROVISIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS, IT HAS STRUCK A FAIR BALANCE BETWEEN THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUAL SUFFRAGE AND THE PRESERVATION OF COMMUNITY TIES AND DISTRICT IDENTITIES, HE ADDED.
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IN MAKING ITS PROPOSALS, THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED, THE BEC HAI то FOLLOW THE BOUNDARY AND ELECTION COMMISSION ORDINANCE WHICH STIPULATED THAT THE NUMBER OF MUNICIPAL COUNCIL CONSTITUENCIES SHOULD BE EQUAL. TO THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS TO BE ELECTED TO THE RESPECTIVE COUNCILS.
"THAT IS, 32 CONSTITUENCIES FOR THE URBAN COUNCIL AND 27 THE REGIONAL, COUNCIL AS SPECIFIED IN THE RELEVANT ORDINANCES.
SPOKESMAN SAID,
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"FOLLOWING THIS CRITERION, THE BEC HAS SET THE POPULATION QUOTAS FOR EACH OF THE URBAN COUNCIL CONSTITUENCIES AND EACH OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL CONSTITUENCIES AT 99,899 AND 103,564 RESPECTIVELY," HE ADDED.
FOUR ORDERS, PREPARED ON THE BASIS OF
THE BBC'S RECOMMENDATIONS, WILL BE GAZETTED TOMORROW (FRIDAY) AND TABLED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON JUNE 8.
THEY ARE: THE DECLARATION OF URBAN COUNCIL AREA ORDER 1994 UNDER THE URBAN COUNCIL ORDINANCE; THE DECLARATION OF REGIONAL COUNCIL AREA ORDER 1994 UNDER THE REGIONAL COUNCIL ORDINANCE; AND THE DECLARATION OF CONSTITUENCIES (URBAN COUNCIL AREA) ORDER 1994 AND THE DECLARATION OF CONSTITUENCIES (REGIONAL COUNCIL AREA) ORDER 1994 UNDER THE ELECTORAL PROVISIONS ORDINANCE.
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AMENDMENT ORDERS: THE DECLARATION OF CONSTITUENCIES (DISTRICTS) (AMENDMENT) ORDER 1994 AND THE DECLARATION OF DISTRICTS (AMENDMENT) ORDER 1994 WILL ALSO BE GAZETTED ON THE SAME DAY то CORRECT A MINOR DISCREPANCY FOUND IN A PORTION OF THE COMMON DISTRICT BOUNDARY BETWEEN WONG TAI SIN AND SAI KUNG AS DELINEATED ON THE RELEVANT DISTRICT BOARD MAPS.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID NO POPULATION WOULD BE RECTIFICATION.
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