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TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1988
HAS
PAYING TRIBUTE TO MR THOMAS, MR MATHEWS SAID: "MR THOMAS MADE A GREAT CONTRIBUTION TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG AND ΤΟ THE DEVELOPMENT OF LAW IN HONG KONG. I WILL BE SORRY TO SEE HIM LEAVE."
FOLLOWING IS A SHORT BIOGRAPHY OF MR MATHEWS:
IN
IN
MR MATHEWS IS 46 YEARS OF AGE. HE QUALIFIED AS A SOLICITOR LONDON IN 1963 AND STARTED HIS LEGAL CAREER IN LONDON WHERE HE WAS PRIVATE PRACTICE FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS. HE THEN WENT TO AUSTRALIA AND WORKED FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS A DEPUTY REGISTRAR IN THE HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA IN SYDNEY FROM 1966 TO 67. HE JOINED THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IN FEBRUARY 1968 AS A CROWN COUNSEL.
IN HIS 20 YEARS WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, MR MATHEWS HAS SERVED MAINLY IN THE LAW DRAFTING DIVISION UNTIL НЕ WAS APPOINTED DEPUTY CROWN SOLICITOR IN FEBRUARY 1981.
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1982. SERVING AS
HE WAS APPOINTED A LAW OFFICER ON APRIL THE CROWN SOLICITOR. AS HEAD OF THE CIVIL DIVISION WHICH PROVIDES LEGAL ADVICE TO ALI. GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, MR MATHEWS WAS HEAVILY INVOLVED IN ADVISING THE GOVERNMENT ON LEGAL MATTERS RELATING SINO-BRITISH NEGOTIATIONS ON THE FUTURE OF HONG RONG IN THE LEADING UP TO THE SIGNING OF THE JOINT DECLARATION.
MR MATHEWS IS MARRIED AND HAS TWO DAUGHTERS.
то THE PERIOD
HE IS A MEMBER OF A NUMBER OF VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND 15 CURRENTLY SERVING AS VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG HOUSING SOCIETY, VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE ST. JAMES' SETTLEMENT, AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER OF THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION FOR THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED AND OF THE DIOCESAN WELFARE COUNCIL,.
EXPERT MEETING ON RETURN OF FUGITIVE OFFENDERS
AN EXPERT
MEETING WILL
BE HELD BETWEEN THE CHINESE AND
PEKING
ΤΟ EXCHANGE VIEWS THE BRITISH SIDES ON JANUARY 20 AND 21 IN
OFFENDERS BETWEEN CONCERNING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE RETURN OF FUGITIVE HONG KONG AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
THE BRITISH TEAM
IS LED
BY THE ACTING
SOLICITOR GENERAL,
FROM THE
MR FRANK STOCK, Q.C., WHO WILL BE ASSISTED BY OTHER EXPERTS HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.
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