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RALLIYED SPY NO. 51
3 1 MAY 1978
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Action Taken
GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT LOWER ALBERT ROAD
HONG KONG
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MR. The man h
22 May 1978
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Thank you for your letter dated 17 April
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1978 about Judge F. Addison's appointment to the High Rowlands
Court Bench. This was approved in your telegram No.
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348 of 3 May 1978 and took effect from 10 May 1978. localisation)
2. your letter, about the Secretary of State's nominations, may I refer you to the attached correspondence between John Stewart and Sir Denys Roberts last year. In the light of this correspondence, it would seem more appropriate to adopt the practice proposed in paragraph 5 of Sir Denys' letter, rather than putting forward your nominations to the Judicial Service Commission when the next vacancy arises.
With reference to paragraphs 2 and 3 of
3.
The point made in paragraph 4 of your letter has been discussed with the Attorney General. The position is that while the Judicial Service Commission is very sensitive to the need to appoint local people to judicial offices at all levels, it is only rarely that suitable lawyers from the private sector are interested in seeking appointment to either the District Court or the High Court. In this connection, it is already the practice that the two Chinese private sector members on the Judicial Service Commission, Mr. Patrick YU (a barrister) and Mr. Ronald WONG (a solicitor), take specific soundings on the Commission's behalf within the profession whenever there is a vacancy for a District Judge or a High Court Judge. As regards serving officers, they are considered in the normal way. At the basic recruitment level, applications from local people for appointment as Magistrates are received from time to time, but it is a fact that generally anyone from the private sector who so applies is not of the desired standard. When vacancies for Magistrates were last advertised in November 1977, there was only one local applicant and she was found unsuitable for appointment.
W.E. Quantrill, Esq.,
Hong Kong & General Department,
Foreign & Commonwealth Office, London SW1A 2AH,
ENGLAND.
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