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On 12 June 2023, at an ex parte hearing (open to the public)
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of the SJ’s Summons for substituted service, Wilson Chan J made an order
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(“Service Order”) to the following effect [emphasis added] :
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(1)
Leave to the SJ to serve the Writ, the Injunction Summons and
the Service Order on the Defendants by way of publication
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online, exhibiting a notice and issuing a press release
containing a QR code linking to the webpages (Service Order,
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[1]);
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(2)
“Anyone who opposes the [Injunction Summons]” to (i)
notify the SJ within 7 days; (ii) provide the personal
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particulars specified in the Service Order; and (iii) pay
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photocopying fees, upon which the SJ shall serve copies of
the Writ (etc) on the said person(s) ([2]);
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(3)
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[(3)].
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By a separate order made on the same day, SJ’s application
for Injunction was adjourned to 21 July 2023 (“Hearing”).
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“Anyone who opposes the [Injunction Summons]” shall file
and serve his grounds of opposition within 7 days thereafter
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On 21 June 2023, Messrs O Tse & Co (“OTC”), acting for
Ms Chow, faxed a “Notice of Intention to Defend” to the Department of
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Justice (“DOJ”), signing off as “Solicitors for Intended Defendant”.
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