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MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1986
AT THE CEREMONY, SIR RICHARD SAID HE WAS DELIGHTED TO SEE THE ENCOURAGING DEVELOPMENT OF LEGAL EXCHANGES BETWEEN CHINA, THE U.K. AND HONG KONG IN RECENT YEARS AND HE HOPED THAT THE ENGLISH LAW BOOKS WOULD ENABLE CHINESE LAWYERS TO FAMILIARISE THEMSELVES WITH THE LEGAL SYSTEM NOT ONLY OF THE U.K. BUT ALSO OF COUNTRIES AND REGIONS WHERE THE COMMON LAW IS PRACTISED,
SIR RICHARD CONCLUDED: +THIS INCLUDES HONG KONG. I AM GLAD TO NOTE THAT CONTACTS BETWEEN LAWYERS FROM THE MAINLAND AND HONG KONG HAVE ALSO INCREASED IN RECENT MONTHS. IN SEPTEMBER, THE HONG KONG ATTORNEY GENERAL, MR MICHAEL THOMAS, LED A GROUP OF LAWYERS ON A LECTURE TOUR TO CHINA, A DISTINGUISHED DELEGATION OF HONG KONG JUDGES VISITED SEVERAL CHINESE CITIES IN NOVEMBER.
+AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THE GIFT I PRESENT TODAY IS THAT IT WILL ENABLE LAWYERS HERE TO FAMILIARISE THEMSELVES WITH THE LEGAL SYSTEM OF HONG KONG AS WELL AS THAT OF ENGLAND.+
THE IDEA OF PRESENTING A SET OF ENGLISH LAW BOOKS TO CHINA IS ASSOCIATED WITH MR MICHAEL THOMAS' VISIT TO CHINA IN SEPTEMBER 1985. DURING THE VISIT CONSIDERABLE INTEREST WAS SHOWN IN LEARNING MORE OF THE ENGLISH AND HONG KONG LEGAL SYSTEMS, BUT THIS WAS HANDICAPPED BY LACK OF REFERENCE MATERIALS.
IT IS HOPED THAT THE GIFTS WILL HELP TO INCREASE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING IN CHINA OF THE LEGAL SYSTEM OF THE U.K. AND HONG KONG.
FURTHER $54.6 BILLION FOR NEW TOWN PROGRAMME
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ABOUT $23.4 BILLION (U.S.$3 BILLION) HAS BEEN INVESTED SO FAR BY THE PUBLIC SECTOR ON THE NEW TOWN PROGRAMMES, THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, MR GRAHAM BARNES, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
PRESENTING A PAPER, +FRAMEWORK FOR PHYSICAL AND INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENTS+, AT A FIVE-DAY ASIAN PRODUCTIVITY ORGANISATION SEMINAR, HE SAID IT WAS EXPECTED THAT A FURTHER $54.6 BILLION WOULD BE INVESTED TO COMPLETE THE NEW TOWNS IN THE EARLY 1990'S.
/BY THEN,