24. Every winding up application shall be advertised 7 clear days (or such longer time as the Court may direct) before the hearing, in Form 4 set out in the First Schedule as follows:
(a)
once in the Gazette and once at least in one English and one Chinese local daily newspaper or in such other newspapers as the Court may direct; and
(b)
the advertisement shall state the day on which the winding up application was filed and the name and address of the applicant and of his solicitor and contain a note at the foot thereof, stating that any person who intends to appear on the hearing of the winding up application, either to oppose or support, must send notice of such intention to the applicant or to his solicitor, within the time and in the manner prescribed by rule 28, and an advertisement of an application for the winding up of a company by the Court which does not contain such a note shall be deemed irregular,
and if the applicant or his solicitor does not within the time hereby prescribed or within such extended time as the Registrar may allow duly advertise the winding up application in the manner prescribed by this rule, the appointment of the time and place at which the winding up application is to be heard shall be cancelled by the Registrar and the winding up application shall be removed from the file unless the Judge or the Registrar shall otherwise direct.