MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1979
APPOINTMENT OF THREE NEW HIGH COURT JUDGES APPROVED
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THE APPOINTMENT OF THREE NEW HIGH COURT JUDGES TO HONG KONG'S SUPREME COURT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE QUEEN.
THE JUDGES ARE MR. ARTHUR GARCIA, MR. WILLIAM JAMES SILKE AND MR. NOEL PLUNKETT POWER.
MR. GARCIA WAS BORN ON JULY 3, 1924, IN HONG KONG. HE WAS EDUCATED AT LA SALLE COLLEGE. HE JOINED THE GOVERNMENT IN 1939 AS A CLERK AND RESIGNED IN 1947.
HE REJOINED THE CIVIL SERVICE IN 1951, WAS AWARDED A COLONIAL DEPARTMENT AND WELFARE SCHEME SCHOLARSHIP BY THE GOVERNMENT IN 1954 AND WAS CALLED TO THE BAR OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE IN LONDON IN 1957.
HE WAS SECONDED TO THE JUDICIARY AS A MAGISTRATE IN 1959 AND BECAME A PERMANENT MAGISTRATE IN 1960. HE BECAME A SENIOR MAGISTRATE IN 1968 AND A PRINCIPAL MAGISTRATE IN MARCH OF THAT YEAR. HE WAS APPOINTED A DISTRICT JUDGE IN 1971. ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS HE SAT AS A COMMISSIONER OF THE HIGH COURT.
MR. SILKE WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 21, 1929, IN DUBLIN, IRELAND. HE WAS EDUCATED AT XAVIER SCHOOL, DUBLIN, AND DUBLIN UNIVERSITY, HE WAS CALLED TO THE BAR AT KING'S INNS, DUBLIN, IN 1955.
HE SERVED AS A MAGISTRATE IN NORTH BORNEO AND AS A PUISNE JUDGE OF THE MALAYSIAN JUDICIARY.
HE JOINED THE HONG KONG JUDICIARY AS A MAGISTRATE IN 1969, WAS PROMOTED TO PRESIDENT OF THE TENANCY TRIBUNAL IN 1971 AND WAS MADE PRESIDENT OF THE LANDS TRIBUNAL IN 1974. HE WAS APPOINTED A DISTRICT JUDGE IN 1975. ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS HE SAT AS A COMMISSIONER OF THE HIGH COURT.
MR. POWER WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 4, 1929, IN BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA. HE WAS EDUCATED AT DOWNLANDS COLLEGE, TOOWOOMBA, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND. HE WAS CALLED TO THE BAR IN QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA, IN 1955.
HE JOINED THE JUDICIARY AS A MAGISTRATE IN 1965 AND WAS MADE A SENIOR MAGISTRATE IN 1969. HE WAS APPOINTED PRESIDENT OF THE LANDS TRIBUNAL IN 1976. ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS HE SAT AS A COMMISSIONER OF THE HIGH COURT,
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