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CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS EP

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Defensive Q&As

Q1: Why must an Order be made at this point in time to

declare the number and names of proposed Districts

for the next District Board (DB) term?

A1 :

To

prepare for demarcation of constituency boundaries

by the

course,

Boundary and Election Commission (BEC) in due

the

Order has to be made within the current

Legislative Council session.

As usual, LegCo members

will have to be given 28 days to consider the Order.

AS the last meeting of

the Legislative Council is

scheduled for 21 July and given that there are no

on 16 and 23 LegCo sittings

June 1993, the Order

should, at the latest, be tabled in LegCo on 9 June.

Q2:

Isn't the Hong Kong Government "jumping the gun" to

declare the number and names of Districts before the

completion

of the

current

talks

on

the

1994-95

electoral arrangements?

A2

There is no question of "jumping the gun".

This is a

technical matter.

the

The Order only specifies

number and names of proposed Districts for the next

DB term.