At the same time the Bar Committee sought inform- ation from the Registrar of the Supreme Court with regard to the economics of the Hong Kong Law Reports. The Registrar of the Supreme Court in reply said he would refer the contents of the Bar Committee's inquiry to the Library Committee. It seems clear that this matter cannot be the concern of the Library Committee.
In May 1967 the Bar Committee wrote again to the Registrar seeking information on the economics of the Hong Kong Law Reports, in consequence of which discussions took place between the Bar Committee and the Chief Justice.
At the beginning of August 1967 the Bar Committee brought to the Chief Justice's attention the fact that one of the law tutors at the Hong Kong University was a former Assistant General Editor of Current Law and that his services might be available for the compilation of a Comprehensive Index to the Hong Kong Law Reports. As a result of dis- cussions which followed a detailed Memorandum was sub- mitted by the law tutor to the Chief Justice in which the contents of the Hong Kong Law Report s were closely analyzed and proposals were submitted for the compilation of an up-to-date index comprising:
(i) a subject-matter index with full cross references;
(ii) a case citator; and
(iii) a statute citator
The Bar Committee has urged that this proposal be accepted so that a rare opportunity of having a complete and up-to-date Index of the Hong Kong Law Reports pro- fessionally compiled would not be missed. At the Bar Committee's invitation the Law Society also wrote in urgent terms expressing its support. It was pointed out to the Chief
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