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YOUR TELNOS. 18, 19 AND 20 LETTER FROM JUSTICE JACKSON LIPKIN TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE: OVERSEAS RECRUITMENT TO THE HONG KONG
CIVIL SERVICE.
2. WE WOULD SUGGEST THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONS TO THE REPLY PROPOSED IN
YOUR THIRD TUR :-
IN ADDITION THERE IS NOTHING IN (A) ADD TO THE END OF PARA. 1 : THE SPEECH WHICH THE DIRECTOR OF THE NCNA GAVE RECENTLY TO YOU AND OTHER JUDGES, OR IN ANY OTHER STATEMENTS BY THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES, WHICH INDICATES TO US THAT LARGER NUMBER OF ENGLISH AND COMMONWEALTH JUDGES SHOULD BE EMPLOYED NOW TO STAY AFTER 1997''.
(B) INSERT A NEW PARAGRAPH BETWEEN THE EXISTING LAST TWO PARAGPAPHS : ''CLEARLY IN THE CASE OF THE JUDICIARY THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A NEED FOR OVERSEAS JUDGES BOTH UP TO AND BEYOND 1997, BUT IT REMAINS THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT'S POLICY TO INCREASE THE PROPORTION OF LOCAL JUDGES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT POSSIBLE.''
3. WITH REGARD TO PARAGRAPH 4 OF YOUR FIRST TUR. IN THE LIGHT OF MORE RECENT RECRUITMENT STATISTICS WE SUGGEST THE LAST TWO SENTENCES OF THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF YOUR REPLY SHOULD READ AS FOLLOWS : ''FOR EXAMPLE, THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT APPOINTED 47 OVERSEAS OFFICERS DURING THE LAST QUARTER OF 1985 (AND YOU WILL BE INTERESTED TO KNOW THAT 10 OF THESE APPOINTMENTS WERE TO FILL LEGAL POSTS). THIS POLICY APPLIES ALSO TO THE JUDICIARY: AS YOU WILL BE AWARE MR. J.B. MORTIMER QC WAS APPOINTED AS JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT OF HONG KONG AS RECENTLY AS SEPTEMBER AND ANOTHER APPOINTMENT FROM THE UK AS A JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT IS AT PRESENT BEING PROCESSED''.
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