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(ii)

(iii)

(iv)

as practicable

to

the

all

average population per seat (i.e. total population in constituencies divided by the total number of geographical constituency seats) for the whole

the difference in population per seat in each constituency from the average population per seat should not be more or less than 25%;

territory;

preservation of existing local community identities wherever possible;

compatibility amongst the boundaries of District Boards, Municipal Councils and the Legislative Council; and

regard for physical features such as size, shape, accessibility, natural landscape and planned developments of

constituencies.

(c)

The Boundary

individual

and Election Commission should be permitted to depart from the plus/minus 25% in (b) (i) above where it appears to the Commission that a departure is desirable.