TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1989
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CONSULTATIVE DOCUMENT ON FOREIGN LAW FIRMS GENERATES INTEREST
FIRMS
MR JEREMY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL,
MATHEWS, SAID ABOUT 3,600 COPIES OF THE GOVERNMENT'S CONSULTATIVE DOCUMENT ON FOREIGN LAW HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED SINCE IT WAS RELEASED A FORTNIGHT AGO.
MR MATHEWS TOLD A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE HONG
(TUESDAY) THAT OF ARCHITECTS TODAY
CONSULTATIVE THE GENERATED CONSIDERABLE INTEREST.
KONG INSTITUTE
DOCUMENT
HAD
A
NUMBER
OF
FAVOURABLE
COMMENTS
ON
THE
"WE HAVE RECEIVED DETAILS AND HAVE ALSO RECEIVED CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM,
"THIS WE WELCOME AND WE LOOK FORWARD
VIEWS. HE SAID.
TO RECEIVING MANY MORE
ΤΟ LIKE WOULD THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAID THE GOVERNMENT
NOT ONLY FROM THE LEGAL ENCOURAGE A TRAFFIC OF INFORMED OPINION,
AND FROM PROFESSION BUT FROM OTHER PROFESSIONS, FROM FOREIGN LAWYERS THE CLIENTS OF LAWYERS.
"WE HAVE AN OPEN MIND ON ALL OF THESE DETAILS,
+
HE SAID.
MONTH CONSULTATION PERIOD THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALLOWED A THREE ON THE DOCUMENT AND COMMENTS SHOULD BE MADE BY JULY 31.
MR MATHEWS SAID THE GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSAL ON FOREIGN LAW WAS PART OF THE WORLD-WIDE TREND TOWARDS INTERNATIONALISATION PROFESSIONS.
FIRMS IN THE
FOR DEVELOPMENT,
IT RECOGNISES THE "WE SEE IT AS A HEALTHY
CENTRE FOR FINANCE AND GROWING IMPORTANCE OF HONG KONG AS A WORLD BUSINESS.
IS A VISIBLE KONG'S ECONOMY AND
"THE PRESENCE OF FOREIGN LAW FIRMS IN HONG KONG DEMONSTRATION OF THE STRENGTH AND VIGOUR OF HONG ITS ATTITUDES TOWARDS FREE TRADE.
"AT
THE
SAME
TIME.
WE FULLY
RECOGNISE
AND
AND TO
UNRESERVEDLY INDEPENDENCE,
PROVIDE THE
SUBSCRIBE TO THE WISH OF THE PROFESSION TO MAINTAIN ITS
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS TO PROMOTE THE HIGHEST COMMUNITY WITH A HIGHLY EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE SERVICE.
"WE BELIEVE THAT OUR
SAID.
PROPOSAL FULFILS
ALL
THESE
AIMS."
HE
THE GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSAL ON FOREIGN LAW FIRMS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
(A)
THE
THAT THE ADMINISTRATION SHOULD, IN CONSULTATION WITH LAW SOCIETY, DEVISE A STATUTORY SCHEME
ADMISSION, FORMAL CRITERIA FOR JUSTICE, OF FOREIGN LAW FIRMS;
THE
LAYING THROUGH THE
DOWN
CHIEF
/(B) THAT THE