WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1986
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GUANGDONG JUDICIARY OFFICIALS VISIT HK
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THREE GUANGDONG JUDICIARY OFFICIALS ARRIVED IN HONG KONG TODAY (WEDNESDAY) TO FAMILIARISE THEMSELVES WITH THE TERRITORY'S LEGAL AND JUDICIAL SYSTEM,
THEIR TOUR WILL INCLUDE DISCUSSIONS WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE JUDICIARY ON THE PROVISIONAL ARRANGEMENT, MADE LATE LAST YEAR BY THE CHIEF JUSTICE, WHICH PROVIDES FOR PRACTICAL COOPERATION IN CIVIL MATTERS BETWEEN THE GUANGDONG AND HONG KONG SUPREME COURTS.
THE DELEGATION CONSISTING OF MR PAN GEHUAN, HEAD OF THE GUANGDONG ECONOMIC COURT, HIS DEPUTY MR HE CHAOMING AND MR XUAN SHENGQI. HEAD OF THE GUANGDONG CIVIL COURT TODAY MET MEMBERS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS. THEY WILL ALSO TOUR THE SUPREME COURT AND ATTEND THE APPEAL COURT AND THE SMALL CLAIMS TRIBUNAL.
FORMER INFORMATION CHIEF DIES
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THE FORMER DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES, MR JOHN LAWRENCE MURRAY, PASSED AWAY IN HIS HOME IN SURREY, UNITED KINGDOM, YESTERDAY (TUESDAY) AFTERNOON.
MR MURRAY WAS 75. HE WAS THE DIRECTOR OF GIS FROM 1950 TO 1963. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIDOW, KATRINE, HIS SON FAN AND HIS DAUGHTER CAROLYN.
$35 000 RAISED FOR CHARITY
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OVER 99 PER CENT OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES STAFF HAVE SHOWN SUPPORT TO THE EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTION PROGRAMME OF COMMUNITY CHEST BY RAISING A TOTAL OF $35 000 RECENTLY.
AT A CEREMONY HELD TODAY (WEDNESDAY) AT THE DEPARTMENT'S HEADQUARTERS, THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR CHAN WA-SHEK, PRESENTED ON BEHALF OF THE STAFF, A CHEQUE FOR THE AMOUNT TO THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, MR DAVID FORD, WHO IS A COMMITTEE MEMBER OF THE EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTION PROGRAMME OF COMMUNITY CHEST.
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY CHEST, MR DENIS BRAY AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT ATTENDED THE CEREMONY.
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