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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1988
THE MAIN PLAYERS ON THIS INTERNATIONAL STAGE BUT BUSINESSMEN WITH MULTI-NATIONAL INTERESTS.
ARE NOT LAWYERS
"WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS WHAT THE PIPER WANTS BECAUSE HE CALLS THE TUNE. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE ECONOMIC REALITIES ARE THAT WE MUST HAVE THE RIGHT CHOIR TO SING THE PIPER'S TUNE, MR MARTIN SAID.
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HE SAID THE RESULT OF THE GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSALS WAS LIKELY TO BE AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE RANGE OF AVAILABLE LEGAL SERVICES AND GREATER INTERNATIONAL LEGAL EXPERTISE.
AN INCREASE IN INTERNATIONAL FINANCE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENT WAS LIKELY TO FOLLOW AND THERE WOULD BE MORE SPIN-OFF WORK FOR LOCAL LAWYERS, HE NOTED.
LOCAL LAWYERS WOULD ALSO HAVE GREATER OPPORTUNITIES OF BECOMING MORE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN GENERAL INTERNATIONAL PRACTICE THUS INCREASING THEIR POTENTIAL AS SUCCESSFUL LAWYERS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, MR MARTIN SAID.
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MARINE INTERESTS CONSIDERED AT CRUCIAL PLANNING
STAGES: DIRECTOR OF MARINE
MARINE INTERESTS WERE CONSIDERED AT THE CRUCIAL INITIAL PLANNING STAGES BEFORE PROJECTS GAINED MOMENTUM AND BECAME UNSTOPPABLE, THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR DERICK HALL, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
AND TO MEET THE CHALLENGE OF THE FUTURE THE MARINE DEPARTMENT HAD A DEDICATED PORT PLANNING BRANCH WHICH WERE INVOLVED IN ALL ASPECTS OF HONG KONG PLANNING WHERE THERE WAS A MARINE DIMENSION, HE SAID.
SPEAKING AT THE LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED SHIPBROKERS AT THE FURAMA HOTEL, MR HALL SAID THAT ONE OF THE MORE DIFFICULT JOBS OF THE MARINE DEPARTMENT WAS TO RECONCILE CONFLICTING INTERESTS BETWEEN PORT USERS AND OPERATORS.
"OFTEN THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE. SOMETIMES SIMPLY PLEASES NO ONE.
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MR HALL SAID. "THE MIDDLE WAY
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HE CITED RECLAMATION AS AN EXAMPLE AND SAID RECLAMATION HAD LONG BEEN REGARDED AS A PRIME SOURCE OF NEW LAND.
"THE HARBOUR ..........