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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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MIPT: LETTER FROM JUSTICE JACKSON-LIPKIN TO SECRETARY OF STATE:
OVERSEAS RECRUITMENT TO THE HONG KONG CIVIL SERVICE
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BEGINS.
TEXT OF NCNA DIRECTOR'S ADDRESS IS AS FOLLOWS:
RESPECTED SIR DENYS
RESPECTED MR THOMAS
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
IT IS A GREAT PLEASURE FOR ME TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY OF
MEETING THE EXPERTS FROM THE JUDICIAL CIRCLE AND HAVING A CORDIAL
CHAT WITH ALL OF YOU.
FOLLOWING MR THOMAS' VISIT TO CHINA IN SEPTEMBER, THE
CHIEF JUSTICE SIR DENYS ROBERTS AND HIS GROUP OF TEN HAS RECENTLY
VISITED BEIJING, XIAN AND GUANGZHOU. THESE VISITS ARE
UNDOUBTEDLY HELPFUL TO PROMOTING THE EXCHANGES AND THE
UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE JUDICIAL CIRCLES OF HONG KONG AND
INTERIOR OF CHINA. SINCE THE JUDGES OF FOREIGN NATIONALITY MAKE
UP A CONSIDERABLE PROPORTION IN THE JUDICIAL CIRCLE, I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT MORE JUDGES OF FOREIGN NATIONALITY BE INVITED TO
VISIT VARIOUS PARTS OF CHINA NEXT YEAR. THEREFORE, I MAY SAY THAT THE GATHERING TONIGHT MAY SERVE AS THE BEGINNING OF OUR FURTHER
INTERCOURSE.
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