LETTER
HKX 14/14
9. de Basto, Esq., QC., Hong Kong Bar Association, Secretary's Chambers, 218 Marina House, HON KORG.
Thank you for your letters of 28 March and 25 May.
I appreciate your continuing concern with the question of appointments to the Bench from the Bar. I agree that this is not a "new" matter; but it is also not free from complications, Your representations are still under consideration with the Governor. With this, I am afraid, your Association must for the present be content.
When we met in August last year you raised with me also the question of interchange between members of the Legal Department and the Judiciary. I am satisfied after looking into this that the very limited movement that taken place is both necessary and desirable.