23 Dec 1999
RE WONG CHUNG KI AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- RE WONG CHUNG KI AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCAL151/1999
The applicants had no legal right to maintain elected municipal councils because the relevant ordinances provided for appointed, time‑limited Provisional Councils (term expiring 31 December 1999) and election provisions had been excluded under the NPCSC decision under Basic Law art.160; accordingly the Reorganisation Ordinance did not remove any vested legal right, the Basic Law articles relied on are permissive, and the applicants failed to meet the threshold for leave to apply for judicial review, so leave is refused.