Read the full judgment text of HCAL 000082/2003 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 24 May 2005.
1. This application for judicial review seeks to challenge the manner in which the Secretary for Home Affairs (“ the Secy ”) exercised his power conferred by s. 67(1), Village Representative Election Ordinance (Cap. 576) to amend Schedule 2 of Cap. 576. In terms of the facts of this application, the applicant contends the Secy is obliged under Cap. 576 to amend that schedule by adding “Tsing Yi Hui” (青衣墟) to the list of “Indigenous Villages” therein. This contention is disputed by the other pa