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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1980
HIGH COURT JUDGE APPOINTMENT
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THE QUEEN HAS APPROVED THE APPOINTMENT OF MR SIMON HERBERT MAYO AS JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT.
MR MAYO IS THE REGISTRAR OF THE SUPREME COURT AND HAS SAT AS A COMMISSIONER OF THE SUPREME COURT AND IS SO SITTING AT PRESENT,
BORN IN ENGLAND IN 1937, MR MAYO WAS EDUCATED AT HARROW SCHOOL AND WAS ADMITTED AS A SOLICITOR IN ENGLAND IN 1961.
AFTER A SHORT PERIOD IN PRIVATE PRACTICE THERE, HE CAME TO HONG KONG IN 1963 AND WORKED AS AN ASSISTANT SOLICITOR WITH A LAWYERS FIRM UNTIL 1967.
MR MAYO THEN WENT TO WESTERN AUSTRALIA WHERE HE WAS ADMITTED AS A BARRISTER AND SOLICITOR,
HE JOINED THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AS AN ASSISTANT REGISTRAR, SUPREME COURT, IN 1968 AND WAS APPOINTED REGISTRAR IN 1976.
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LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS FOR TAI PO RESIDENTS
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TAI PO DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD IS TO SPEND $100 000 ON A SERIES OF LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS.
THE TWO-WEEK PROGRAMME WILL INCLUDE A FLOWER SHOW, NEW YEAR WALKS, PICNICS, A DINNER PARTY FOR THE ELDERLY, FILM SHOWS, CONCERTS AND CAMPS.
THERE WILL ALSO BE COUPLET WRITING, PHOTOGRAPHIC, LANTERN DESIGN, ROAD NAMING AND CLEAN BUILDINGS COMPETITIONS.
A COMMITTEE WITH NEARLY 40 REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE DISTRICT OFFICE, POLICE, NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT, ICAC, HOUSING DEPARTMENT, RECREATION AND SPORT SERVICE AND LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS WAS FORMED EARLY THIS MONTH TO DRAFT THE PROGRAMME.
TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICER, MR NICHOLAS NG, WHO IS CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE, SAID ACTIVITIES TO CELEBRATE LUNAR NEW YEAR WERE ORGANISED ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS IN THE PAST.
THIS YEAR A COMMITTEE HAD BEEN FORMED SPECIALLY TO CO-ORDINATE THE ACTIVITIES, WHICH WOULD BE PROPERLY ARRANGED TO SUIT PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, HE SAID.
TWO SUB-COMMITTEES HEADED BY LOCAL LEADERS, MR HO YUNG-SANG AND MR YAU FOOK-PING, WERE ALSO SET UP.
AN OPENING CEREMONY WILL BE HELD ON FEBRUARY 3, TWO DAYS BEFORE LUNAR NEW YEAR, AT A SPORTSGROUND IN PLOVER COVE ROAD WHERE A NEW YEAR FAIR WILL BE HELD.
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