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1. On 26 March 1998, this court handed down a written judgment and made an order nisi for costs against the appellant under Order 42 rule 5B(6), Rules of the High Court. The issue before the trial judge in an application for judicial review was whether Article 10 of the Hong Kong Bill of Rights was engaged. In support of this contention, the appellant primarily relied on (1) that Town Planning Board proceedings were susceptible to the human rights safeguards envisaged by Article 10 (the "suit at