Read the full judgment text of on BabelCite. was delivered on 3 April 1998.
1. This is an application by the Association of Expatriate Civil Servants of Hong Kong ("the A.E.C.S.") for judicial review of (a) the decision of the Chief Executive to promulgate two instruments and (b) various provisions in those instruments. The two instruments are the Public Service (Administration) Order 1997 (E.O. No. 1 of 1997) ("the Executive Order") and the Public Service (Disciplinary) Regulation ("the Regulation"). The grounds on which the legality of the two instruments are challeng