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LEE TAK HUNG AND ANOTHER v. SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS AND OTHERS, HCAL 1196/2018

Case Number

HCAL 1196/2018

Court

Court of First Instance

(CFI)

Decision Date

10 November 2025

Parties

Applicant(s):

LEE TAK HUNG 1st Applicant CHAN YIU FAI, LEE TAK HUNG, CHAN YIU FAI

Respondent(s):

SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, DIRECTOR OF LEISURE AND CULTURAL SERVICES, COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT MEETING, HONG KONG PUBLIC LIBARIES

LEE TAK HUNG AND ANOTHER v. SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS AND OTHERS

[2025] HKCFI 5464

Court of First Instance10 November 2025

HCAL1196/2018 LEE TAK HUNG AND ANOTHER v. SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS AND OTHERS

HCAL 1196/2018

[2025] HKCFI 5464

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

CONSTITUTIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW LIST No. 1196 of 2018

BETWEEN
	LEE TAK HUNG	1^st Applicant
	CHAN YIU FAI	2^nd Applicant
	and
	SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS	1^st Putative Respondent
	DIRECTOR OF LEISURE AND CULTURAL SERVICES	2^nd Putative Respondent
	COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT MEETING, HONG KONG PUBLIC LIBARIES	3^rd Putative Respondent

Application for Leave to Apply for Judicial Review
NOTIFICATION of the Judge’s decision (Ord. 53 r. 3)

Following:

	consideration of the documents only; or
	consideration of the documents and oral submission by the applicant;

Order by The Honourable Mr Justice Coleman :

The Applicant’s application for leave to apply for judicial review is dismissed. I make no order as to costs.

Observations:

Nil

Dated the 10^th day of November 2025.

(Alvin KWOK)
for Registrar, High Court

Where leave to apply has been granted, Applicants and their legal advisers are reminded of their obligation to reconsider the merits of their application in the light of the Respondent’s evidence

Notes for the Applicant: If leave has been granted, the Applicant or his solicitors must:
a) serve on the respondent and such interested parties as may be directed by the Court the order granting leave and any directions given within 14 days after the leave was granted (Order 53, rule 4A); b) issue the originating summons within 14 days after the grant of leave and serve it in accordance with Order 53, rule 5; and c) supply to every other party copies of every affidavit which the Applicant proposes to use at the hearing, including the affidavit in support of the application for leave (Order 53, rule 6(5)).		Sent/Handed to the Applicant/the Applicant’s solicitors on 10/11/2025 Messrs. Bond Ng Solicitors Solicitors for the 1st and 2nd Applicants Ref.: BN/CI/20114/2018/jl		Sent/Handed to the Respondent/the Respondent’s solicitors / such interested parties as may be directed by the Court / the interested parties’ solicitors on 10/11/2025 Department of Justice For the 1st to 3rd Putative Respondents Ref.: HCAL 1196/18

LEE TAK HUNG AND ANOTHER v. SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS AND OTHERS

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