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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1988
OF THE SUPREME OFFICE OF THE
HE WAS ADMITTED AS A BARRISTER AND SOLICITOR COURT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA IN 1957. HE SERVED IN COMMONWEALTH CROWN SOLICITOR IN PERTH UNTIL 1965 WHEN HE CAME TO HONG KONG AS CROWN COUNSEL.
HE WAS PROMOTED TO SENIOR CROWN COUNSEL IN 1968, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL CROWN COUNSEL IN 1973 AND PRINCIPAL CROWN COUNSEL IN 1977, AND WAS APPOINTED A HIGH COURT JUDGE IN APRIL 1980.
HIS HONOUR JUDGE RYAN HAS BEEN APPOINTED A JUDGE
OF THE HIGH
COURT.
HE WAS BORN IN NEW ZEALAND IN MARCH 1934 AND RECEIVED HI9. LEGAL EDUCATION AT THE VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON.
HE WAS ADMITTED AS A SOLICITOR IN 1958 AND A BARRISTER IN 1959, AND WAS IN PRIVATE PRACTICE IN NEW ZEALAND UNTIL 1973 WHEN HE CAME TO HONG KONG AS A MAGISTRATE.
APART FROM A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS WHEN HR RETURNED TO NEW ZEALAND, JUDGE RYAN HAS SERVED IN THE JUDICIARY EVER SINCE 1973.
IN 1980, JUDGE RYAN WAS APPOINTED ASSISTANT REGISTRAR OF THE SUPREME COURT AND HE WAS MADE A DISTRICT JUDGE IN MAY THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
CLOSURE OF ILLEGAL STRUCTURES SOUGHT
THE BUILDING AUTHORITY IS ΤΟ SEEK THE CLOSURE OF STRUCTURES AT A BUILDING IN TO KWA WAN, KOWLOON, SO THAT THEY DEMOLISHED WITHOUT DANGER TO THE OCCUPIERS AND THE PUBLIC.
ILLEGAL
BE
CAN
THE ILLEGAL STRUCTURES ARE LOCATED AT THE ROOF OVER FLAT 22ND FLOOR, MING FAT BUILDING, 46-50, CHI KIANG STREET.
B.
THE CLOSURE IS PART OF AN EXERCISE TO ENFORCE AN ORDER ISSUED UNDER THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE ON MARCH 11, 1988 REQUIRING THE DEMOLITION OF THE STRUCTURES.
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR A CLOSURE ORDER FROM THE HONG KONG DISTRICT COURT ON MARCH 29, 1989 WAS POSTED ON A CONSPICUIOUS PART OF THE STRUCTURES TODAY (WEDNESDAY),
WILL START
IMMEDIATELY AFTER
IT IS EXPECTED THAT DEMOLITION
THE CLOSURE ORDER IS MADE.
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