THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1977
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JUDGE O'CONNOR APPOINTED HIGH COURT JUDGE
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THE QUEEN HAS APPROVED THE APPOINTMENT OF MR. RORY O'CONNOR TO BE A HIGH COURT JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG.
MR. JUSTICE O'CONNOR WAS BORN IN BELFAST, IRELAND, ON NOVEMBER 26, 1925. HE WAS EDUCATED AT BLACKROCK COLLEGE, DUBLIN AND THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND. IN 1949 HE WAS CALLED TO THE BAR BY KING'S INNS, DUBLIN, AND PRACTISED AS A BARRISTER ON THE NORTH EASTERN CIRCUIT IN IRELAND FROM 1949 TO 1956. HE CAME TO HONG KONG AS A MAGISTRATE IN 1962 AFTER SERVING AS A RESIDENT MAGISTRATE IN KENYA FROM 1956 TO 1962.
HE WAS APPOINTED A DISTRICT JUDGE IN JUNE, 1970 AND HAS SAT AS A COMMISSIONER ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS SINCE THEN AND CONSTANTLY FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.
MR. JUSTICE O'CONNOR IS MARRIED AND HAS TWO CHILDREN.
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