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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1994

HE SAID EACH OF THE 20 LEGCO'S CONSTITUENCY AREAS DELINEATED HAD A POPULATION WITHIN THE 25 PER CENT RANGE OF THE POPULATION QUOTA.

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LET COMMISSION SEES NO CASE WHERE IT IS DESIRABLE, NECESSARY, TO DEPART FROM THE RANGE, HE ADDED.

WHEN DRAWING UP THE LEGCO CONSTITUENCIES, THE COMMISSION HAS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION SEVERAL IMPORTANT CRITERIA:

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CONSTITUENCY LEGCO

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IS TO CONSIST OF A COMPLETE DISTRICT BOARD CONSTITUENCY AREAS;

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THE POPULATION IN EACH LEGCO AREA SHOULD BE AS NEAR THE POPULATION QUOTA AS IS PRACTICABLE;

REGARD HAS TO BE MADE TO COMMUNITY IDENTITIES, PRESERVATION OF LOCAL TIES, PHYSICAL FEATURES AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE RELEVANT AREA.

A LEGCO CONSTITUENCY AREA HAS A POPULATION OF ABOUT 300,000, 17 TIMES LARGER THAN THAT OF A DISTRICT BOARD CONSTITUENCY AREA AND THREE TIMES OF A MUNICIPAL COUNCIL CONSTITUENCY AREA.

GOVERNMENT OF LEGCO, A THE

"IN THIS HIGHEST TIER OF REPRESENTATIVE LARGER TERRITORIAL CONCEPT MUST BE ADOPTED, BY THE COMMISSION AND POPULATION OR ELECTORATE ALIKE.

"THE COMMISSION IS SURE THAT APPROPRIATE ADJUSTING ARRANGEMENTS CAN ALWAYS BE MADE BY THOSE COUNCILLORS WHO ARE ALONG THE LINE OF COMMAND AND COMMUNICATION IN THREE-TIER REPRESENTATIVE SYSTEM.

VOLUME 1 OF THE REPORT IS THE REPORT PROPER WITH REASONS AND EXPLANATIONS AS TO HOW THE COMMISSION CARRIED OUT ITS DEMARCATION WORK AND HOW IT ARRIVED AT ITS PROVISIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS.

IT ALSO COMPILES THE REPRESENTATIONS MADE BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION, HAVING REGARD TO THE PUBLIC REPRESENTATIONS.

VOLUME 2 CONTAINS THE LISTS OF CONSTITUENCY AREAS IN RESPECT OF THE 1995 LEGCO ELECTION AND MAPS WITH RECOMMENDED NAMES FOR THE CONSTITUENCIES AND THE RECOMMENDED DEMARCATION OF LEGCO ELECTORAL BOUNDARIES.

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