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Provisional Recommendations on Constituency Boundaries for the 2015 District Council Election Central and Western District (15 existing elected seats will remain unchanged) Since the estimated population of each of the existing DCCAs in 2015 will not exceed the statutory permissible range, the EAC has made no proposal to adjust their boundaries. Wan Chai District (Due to adjustment of the district boundary, 2 DCCAs of the Eastern District will be transferred to the Wan Chai District. The number of elected seats for the Wan Chai District will therefore increase by 2 to 13 seats with effect from January 2016) Since the estimated population of each of the existing DCCAs (including the 2 DCCAs to be transferred from the Eastern District to the Wan Chai District) in 2015 will not exceed the statutory permissible range, the EAC has made no proposal to adjust their boundaries. - 2 - Eastern District Constituency Boundaries Requiring Adjustments (Due to adjustment of the district boundary, 2 DCCAs of the Eastern District will be transferred to the Wan Chai District. The number of elected seats will therefore decrease by 2 to 35 seats with effect from January 2016) Proposed Constituency Areas Name and Code of (Please refer to the proposed Constituency electoral boundary map(s) and EAC’s Considerations [Population the provisional constituency area (Deviation%)] boundary descriptions attached for the exact areas) Shaukeiwan Including the areas in the west of Based on the 2011 original constituency C05 Shau Kei Wan Main Street East, the boundary shown on the proposed electoral [13,250 (-21.89%)] south of Aldrich Bay Road, the east boundary map, the estimated population of of Aldrich Street, the north of Shau C05 (Shaukeiwan) in 2015 will be below the Kei Wan Road, and Shau Kei Wan statutory permissible lower limit. It is Market. proposed that several buildings near Main Street East located within the original boundary of C06 (A Kung Ngam) be A Kung Ngam Including Aldrich Garden, Eastway transferred to the adjacent C05 (Shaukeiwan), C06 Towers, Ming Wah Dai Ha, and the so that the population of the Constituency will [19,188 (13.11%)] areas in the south of Island Eastern fall within the statutory permissible range. Corridor. Lok Hong Including Greenwood Terrace, Based on the 2011 original constituency C32 Neptune Terrace and Shan Tsui boundary shown on the proposed electoral [12,391 (-26.96%)] Court. boundary map, the estimated population of C32 (Lok Hong) in 2015 will be slightly below the statutory permissible lower limit. Taking into account the community integrity, local ties, geographical factor and population, it is not feasible to maintain the population of C32 (Lok Hong) within the statutory permissible range by adjusting the boundaries of the adjacent DCCAs. Therefore, it is proposed that the boundary of the Constituency should remain unchanged and its population be allowed to deviate from the statutory permissible range. - 3 - Southern District Constituency Boundaries Requiring Adjustments (17 elected seats will remain unchanged) Proposed Constituency Areas Name and Code of (Please refer to the proposed Constituency electoral boundary map(s) and EAC’s Considerations [Population the provisional constituency area (Deviation%)] boundary descriptions attached for the exact areas ) Ap Lei Chau Estate Including Ap Lei Chau Estate. Based on the 2011 original constituency D02 boundary shown on the proposed electoral [12,478 (-26.44%)] boundary map, the estimated population of D02 (Ap Lei Chau Estate) in 2015 will be slightly below the statutory permissible lower limit. Taking into account the community integrity, local ties and population, it is not feasible to maintain the population of D02 (Ap Lei Chau Estate) within the statutory permissible range by adjusting the boundaries of the adjacent DCCAs. Therefore, it is proposed that the boundary of the Constituency should remain unchanged and its population be allowed to deviate from the statutory permissible range. Wah Fu South Including Wah Fu (I) Estate. Based on the 2011 original constituency (Formerly known as boundary shown on the proposed electoral Wah Fu I) boundary map, the estimated population of D09 D09 (Wah Fu South) in 2015 will be slightly [12,429 (-26.73%)] below the statutory permissible lower limit. Taking into account the community integrity, local ties and population, it is not feasible to maintain the population of D09 (Wah Fu South) within the statutory permissible range by adjusting the boundaries of the adjacent DCCAs. Therefore, it is proposed that the boundary of the Constituency should remain unchanged and its population be allowed to continue to deviate from the statutory permissible range (the population of this DCCA in 2011 demarcation exercise was also allowed to deviate from the statutory permissible range). - 4 - Proposed Constituen cy Areas Name and Code of (Please refer to the proposed Constituency electoral boundary map(s) and EAC’s Considerations [Population the provisional constituency area (Deviation%)] boundary descriptions attached for the exact areas) Bays Area Including the areas in the east of Po Based on the 2011 original constituency D16 Chong Wan, the south of Deep Water boundary shown on the proposed electoral [18,417 (8.57%)] Bay Road, Chung Hom Kok and the boundary map, the estimated population of surrounding sea of Round Island D17 (Stanley & Shek O) in 2015 will exceed (Ngan Chau). the statutory permissible upper limit. It is proposed that the housing estates along Chung Hom Kok Road within the original boundary Stanley & Shek O Including the areas in the south of of the Constituency be transferred to the D17 Tai Tam Gap and Pottinger Gap (Ma adjacent D16 (Bays Area), with a view to [22,008 (29.73%)] Tong Au), D’Aguilar Peninsula, Red maintaining the population of the Hill (Pak Pat Shan), Stanley Constituency within the statutory permissible Peninsula and part of Tai Long Pai range. Although the population of D17 and Sheung Sze Mun. (Stanley & Shek O) will still slightly exceed the statutory permissible upper limit, taking into account the community integrity and local ties, it is proposed that the population of the Constituency be allowed to continue to deviate from the statutory permissible range (the population of this DCCA in 2011 demarcation exercise was also allowed to deviate from the statutory permissible range). - 5 - Yau Tsim Mong District Constituency Boundaries Requiring Adjustments (The number of elected seats will increase by 2 to 19 seats with effect from January 2016) Proposed Constituency Areas Name and Code of (Please refer to the proposed Constituency electoral boundary map(s) and EAC’s Considerations [Population the provisional constituency area (Deviation%)] boundary descriptions attached for the exact areas ) Jordan South Including the areas in the east of Based on the 2011 original constituency (Formerly known as Canton Road, the south of Jordan boundary shown on the proposed electoral Jordan East) Road, the west of Cox's Road and boundary map, the estimated population of E02 Nathan Road, and the north of E04 (Yau Ma Tei South) (including the newly [18,327 (8.03%)] Salisbury Road. created E19 (Jordan North)) in 2015 will exceed the statutory permissible upper limit . Therefore, the creation of a new DCCA is Jordan West Including the areas in the east of Hoi required so as to absorb the population in E03 Po Road, the south of Yan Cheung excess of the permissible limit. It is [14,818 (-12.65%)] Road, the west of Battery Street and proposed: the north of Jordan Road. (i) to create the new DCCA E19 (Jordan North) in the section of Temple Street Yau Ma Tei South Including the Coronation, between Kansu Street and Ning Po (Formerly known as Prosperous Garden, and the areas in Street located within the original Yau Ma Tei) the south of Pitt Street, the west of boundary of E04 (Yau Ma Tei South); E04 Nathan Road and the north of Kansu and [19,918 (17.41%)] Street. (ii) to transfer some buildings near Temple Street located within the original Yau Ma Tei North Including the areas in the east of boundaries of E02 (Jordan South), E03 (Formerly known as Canton Road, the south of Dundas (Jordon West) and E16 (Yau Ma Tei King’s Park) Street and Soy Street, and the north North) to E19 (Jordan North), so that E16 of Pitt Street and Waterloo Road. the population of E19 (Jordan North) [12,817 (-24.45%)] will fall within the statutory permissible range. Jordan North A section of Temple Street alongside The above suggestions ensure that the (New DCCA) with Jordan Road as the core population of both E04 (Yau Ma Tei South) E19 including the areas in the east of and E19 (Jordan North) will fall within the [13,558 (-20.08%)] Battery Street, the south of Kansu statutory permissible range. Street, the west of Gascoigne Road and the north of Jordan Road. - 6 - Proposed Constituen cy Areas Name and Code of (Please refer to the proposed Constituency electoral boundary map(s) and EAC’s Considerations [Population the provisional constituency area (Deviation%)] boundary descriptions attached for the exact areas) Mong Kok West Including the areas in the east of Based on the 2011 original constituency E06 Ferry Street, the south of Nam Tau boundary shown on the proposed electoral [15,423 (-9.08%)] Street and Argyle Street, the west of boundary map, the estimated population of Nathan Road and the north of E18 (Tsim Sha Tsui Central) (including the Dundas Street. newly created E17 (East Tsim Sha Tsui & King’s Park)) in 2015 will exceed the statutory permissible upper limit. Therefore, Yau Ma Tei North Including the areas in the east of the creation of a new DCCA is required so as (Formerly known as Canton Road, the south of Dundas to absorb the population in excess of the King’s Park) Street and Soy Street, and the north permissible limit.