TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1984
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NEW LAW OFFICERS
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THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS HAS APPROVED THE PROMOTION OF MR JOSEPH DUFFY, Q.C. AND MR JAMES FINDLAY TO THE RANK OF LAW OFFICER.
MR DUFFY HAS BEEN FILLING THE POST OF CROWN PROSECUTOR IN PLACE OF THE LATE MR MAX LUCAS, Q.C. SINCE AUGUST 1984.
MR FINDLAY HAS BEEN FILLING THE POST OF SOLICITOR GENERAL IN PLACE OF MR RAYMOND ASTIN WHO WAS APPOINTED COMMISSIONER FOR SECURITIES AND COMMODITIES TRADING IN OCTOBER 1984.
BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON THESE OFFICERS FOLLOW:
MR J.M. DUFFY, Q.C.
AGED 47. JOINED THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IN APRIL 1972 AS A CROWN COUNSEL AFTER SEVEN YEARS' PRIVATE PRACTICE IN SCOTLAND. LEFT THE CIVIL SERVICE IN NOVEMBER 1976 FOR PRIVATE PRACTICE. REAPPOINTED CROWN COUNSEL IN APRIL 1978, PROMOTED TO SENIOR CROWN COUNSEL IN APRIL 1979 AND TO PRINCIPAL CROWN COUNSEL IN APRIL 1980. THROUGHOUT HIS SERVICE IN THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, HE HAS SERVED IN THE PROSECUTIONS DIVISION. HE HAS ACTED AS CROWN PROSECUTOR ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS.
MR J.K. FINDLAY
AGED 48. FOLLOWING A PERIOD OF PRIVATE PRACTICE IN RHODESIA, HE WORKED IN THE CROWN OFFICE OF EDINBURGH AND THE LORD ADVOCATE'S DEPARTMENT IN LONDON SPECIALISING IN LAW DRAFTING. HE JOINED THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AS DEPUTY PRINCIPAL CROWN COUNSEL IN FEBRUARY 1981. AND WAS PROMOTED TO PRINICPAL CROWN COUNSEL IN FEBRUARY 1982. HE HAS ACTED AS SOLICITOR GENERAL PREVIOUSLY.
LIFE SAVING SOCIETY PRAISED FOR SERVICE
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THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS- JONES, TODAY (TUESDAY) PRAISED THE HONG KONG BRANCH OF THE ROYAL LIFE SAVING SOCIETY FOR ITS WORK AND SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.
IN OPENING THE FIFTH ASIA PACIFIC LIFE SAVING CONFERENCE AND LIFE SAVING CHAMPIONSHIPS AT THE LORD MOUNTBATTEN YOUTH RECREATION CENTRE, MR AKERS-JONES SAID, +COMMITMENT TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY IS A DISTINCTIVE FEATURE OF THE LIFE-GUARD MOVEMENT. +
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