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TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1978
HIGH COURT JUDGE APPOINTED
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HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN HAS APPROVED THE APPOINTMENT OF MR. FRANK ADDISON TO BE A JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT OF THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG.
MR. JUSTICE ADDISON WAS BORN IN LONDON, ENGLAND,
ENGLAND, ON DECEMBER 30, 1926. HE WAS EDUCATED AT DAME ALICE OWENS SCHOOL. AFTER SERVING IN THE ROYAL NAVY AS AN INSTRUCTOR LIEUTENANT HE WENT TO UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON, WHERE HE OBTAINED THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF LAWS.
HE WAS CALLED TO THE BAR BY INNER TEMPLE IN 1952 AND IN THE SAME YEAR WAS AWARDED A COLONIAL LEGAL PROBATIONSHIP.
HE WAS A RESIDENT MAGISTRATE IN TANGANYIKA FROM 1954 TO 1960, SENIOR CROWN COUNSEL IN KENYA FROM 1961 TO 1963 AND LEGAL ASSISTANT IN THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS IN LONDON FROM 1963 TO 1964.
HE JOINED THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AS A CROWN COUNSEL IN 1964 AND WAS PROMOTED TO SENIOR CROWN COUNSEL IN 1966.
IN 1969 HE WAS APPOINTED A PRINCIPAL MAGISTRATE AND HAD BEEN A DISTRICT JUDGE SINCE SEPTEMBER 1971, PRIOR TO HIS PRESENT APPOINT- MENT.
MR. JUSTICE ADDISON IS MARRIED AND HAS THREE CHILDREN.
EMPLOYERS URGED TO WORK OUT TYPHOON ARRANGEMENTS FOR WORKERS
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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TODAY ADVISED EMPLOYERS TO ACT WITH COMMON SENSE REGARDING THE SAFETY OF THEIR EMPLOYEES DURING OR ON THE APPROACH OF A TYPHOON.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID ALTHOUGH THE LAW DID NOT LAY DOWN ANY PARTICULAR PROCEDURES TO FOLLOW ON SUCH OCCASIONS, TO AVOID CONFUSION, EMPLOYERS SHOULD REACH AN AGREEMENT WITH THEIR EMPLOYEES ON THE RULES FOR WORK, AND THE RELEASE FROM WORK, DURING OR ON THE APPROACH OF A TYPHOON.
+SUCH AN AGREEMENT SHOULD INCLUDE THE METHOD OF CALCULATING WAGES TO BE PAID UNDER VARIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES, HE ADDED.
/THE SPOKESMAN