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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1988
WORK IS SCHEDULED TO COMMENCE IN APRIL 1989 AND IS EXPECTED ΤΟ BE COMPLETED IN ABOUT 30 MONTHS.
THE EXTENT OF THE AREAS AFFECTED OF AUTHORISATION PUBLISHED IN THE LATEST
WAS DESCRIBED IN A NOTICE ISSUE OF THE GAZETTE.
ANY PERSON WHO CONSIDERS THAT HIS INTEREST, RIGHT OR EASEMENT IN OR OVER THE FORESHORE AND SEA-BED INVOLVED WILL BE INJURIOUSLY AFFECTED BY THE ABOVE UNDERTAKING MAY DELIVER ΤΟ THE DIRECTOR OF BUILDINGS AND LANDS A WRITTEN CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION ON OR BEFORE NOVEMBER 3, 1989.
OPEN-MINDED ATTITUDE NEEDED TO FACE GREAT CHANGES
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HONG KONG IS ON THE THRESHOLD
OF GREAT CHANGES, AND IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE SHOULD, IF WE ARE TO GROW AND FLOURISH, ALWAYS BE RECEPTIVE TO OUTSIDE INFLUENCES, WHILST RETAINING THE TRADITIONS AND ETHOS WHICH WE TREASURE. THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR TI LIANG YANG, SAID THIS (SUNDAY) EVENING.
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ANOTHER MATTER OF EQUAL IMPORTANCE IS IN AN AGE WHERE MUCH ATTENTION IS FOCUSSED ON THE QUEST OF BENEFIT FOR ONESELF, IT MAY NOT BE OUT OF PLACE ON AN OCCASION SUCH AS THIS TO DEVOTE A MOMENT OR TWO TO THE RENDERING OF BENEFITS TO OTHERS OR TO THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH WE LIVE, SIR ΤΙ LIANG SAID WHEN ADDRESSING LAW STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG LAW ASSOCIATION'S ANNUAL BALL.
SIR TI LIANG SAID THAT ONE OF THE REASONS WHY HONG KONG PROSPERED, WAS ITS RECEPTION OF THE EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE OF PEOPLE COMING FROM ALL OVER THE GLOBE WHO HAD MADE THEIR CONTRIBUTION HERE.
"THROUGH THIS CONTACT WITH PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE HONG KONG, WE HAVE OVER MANY, MANY DECADES, DEVELOPED AN OUTWARD-LOOKING MENTALITY, READY TO ADAPT FOREIGN METHODS AND ATTITUDES TO OUR OWN NEEDS, SAID.
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HE SAID THAT IN THE LEGAL FIELD, HONG KONG HAD LAWYERS FROM VARIOUS COMMON LAW JURISDICTONS, PRINCIPALLY AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND IRELAND. THE LAWYERS FROM THE U.S.A TOGETHER WITH A NUMBER OF LAWYERS FROM THE CONTINENTAL LEGAL SYSTEMS HAD ALSO ENRICHED THE LEGAL SYSTEM IN AN INDIRECT WAY.
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"IT IS MY WISH THAT THIS COSMOPOLITANISM WILL CONTINUE, AND
WE SHALL ALWAYS BE OPEN-MINDED AND LEARN FROM WHAT IS BEST IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD", HE SAID.
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