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making such an appointment.
Since this particular
premature and unexpected.
vacancy was not expected to ooour at this time, it
would be that much more difficult for any of the
District Judges in line for promotion to protest if an
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appointment on the Bar were made to fill it. We feel
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here that, although appointments of this kind must be
exceptional, if we are to maintain a viable system
for the administration of justice in Hong Kong, one
such appointment at this time might do a lot of good
and we should be grateful if you would let us have
your views on the subject. The terms to be offered to
anyone appointed from the Bar would need some thought
since they would presumably not include the usual
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fringe benefits enjoyed expatriate appointments but
would have to be sufficiently good to attract the more
and would need to provide for
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cases to members of the Bar. You will see from the
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would take the matter up with the Attorney-General in
Hong Kong. We do not know if there is any scope here-
for increasing the number of prosecutions entrusted to
members of the Bar, but if it is true that Crown
Counsel out number members of the Bar in Hong Kong,
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and Department
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were somewhat surprised to hear of the advertisement
referred to by de Basto since we were under the
impression that short-term secondments no longer occurred.
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