23 IN CONSIDERING THE APPOINTMENTS GENERALLY, WE HAVE IT IN MIND THAT CONS, WHO IS ONLY 44, WOULD NOT ORDINARILY RETIRE UNTIL 1999. JACKSON-LIPKIN AT 49 IS STILL YOUNG ENOUGH TO HAVE QUITE A FEW MORE GIANCES, AND WITH LONGER RESIDENCE AND PRACTICE IN HONG KONG HIS CLAIMS TO A JUDGESHIP NOT ONLY MIGHT BE GREATER, BUT ALSO HE MIGHT BE A MORE ACCEPTABLE CANDIDATE TO HIS COLLEAGUES AT THE BAR,
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B AND ON THE MORE GENERAL ONES IN PARĂ 2.
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