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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28,
CANADIAN JUDGE BRINGING GREAT DEAL OF EXPERIENCE
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DEPARTMENT
(THURSDAY I
IN KONG **A HUMAN RIGHTS
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, MR JEREMY MATHEWS, SAID TODAY
BE
THE ASSISTING
LEGAL THE CANADIAN JUDGE WHO WILL LEGAL RESEARCH FOR A BILL OF RIGHTS WILL BE BRINGING TO HONG GREAT DEAL OF HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE" OF THE WORKINGS OF A CHARTER.
"WE REALLY WANT TO TAP INTO THAT HANDS-ON RIGHTS MATTERS, HE SAID.
"
KNOWLEDGE OF HUMAN
OF THE HONG
SAID:
RANGE
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER THE OFFICIAL OPENING KONG HOUSING SOCIETY'S HEAD OFFICE IN TAI HANG, MR MATHEWS ARE UNDERTAKING A GREAT DEAL OF LEGAL RESEARCH INTO A WHOLE VERY COMPLEX LEGAL ISSUES CONNECTED WITH HUMAN RIGHTS.
**WE
OF
HAS
HUMAN
"MR JUSTICE (BARRY) STRAYER COMES FROM A JURISDICTION THAT
CANADIAN VERY RECENTLY INTRODUCED A COMPREHENSIVE BILL OF RIGHTS, THE
DEAL BRINGS A GREAT
OF PRACTICAL CHARTER OF RIGHTS AND HE
ON HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION
RIGHTS EXPERIENCE IN TERMS OF ADVISING WHICH HE DID IN 1977 AND MORE LATTERLY IN 1982.
"FURTHERMORE, AS A JUDGE SITTING
FEDERAL
COURT
HE'S
THE IN HEARD MANY CASES INVOLVING HUMAN RIGHTS CONSIDERATIONS.
PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE OF
'SO HE'LL BE BRINGING TO THE OFFICE A RECENT 'IUMAN RIGHTS CONSIDERATIONS AND LITIGATION," MR MATHEWS SAID.
CANADIAN JUDICIAL OFFICER ASKED WHETHER THE APPOINTMENT OF A
THE CANADIAN BILL OF
HAD MORE RIGHTS AS A CONSULTANT MEANT THAT
WORKING RELEVANCE TO HONG KONG, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL REPLIED: "IT'S A
1982 AND THAT BILL OF RIGHTS, IT'S RECENT, RECENT EXPERIENCE IS ONE THAT WE ARE VERY ANXIOUS TO TAP INTO."
IT
WAS
WHETHER ON THE QUESTION OF
THE
LACKED
INTRODUCED
THE
IN
OVERSEAS
APPOINTMENT OF AN
EXPERTISE, NECESSARY KONG THAT HONG EXPERT MEANT MATHEWS SAID: "WE HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF EXPERTISE IN THE OFFICE AND
AND COMPETENT LARGE TEAM
PROFESSIONAL HAVE A
HIGHLY OF WORKING ON THIS ISSUE BUT, AS I HAVE SAID, WE REALLY NEED TO THE EXPERIENCE OF THOSE WHO HAVE HAD REAL, DAY-TO-DAY HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES. THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE HONG KONG."
I
THE
MR MATHEWS ALSO TOLD REPORTERS DEPARTMENT WAS WORKING HARD ON COMPLEX"
MR
WE
LAWYERS DRAW ON APPLICATION OF NOT HAD HITHERTO IN
THAT THE TEAM IN THE LEGAL LEGAL
"VERY WHICH ISSUES
WERE
OF CANADA, WILL BE APPOINTMENT AS A THE ASSISTING
MR JUSTICE STRAYER, OF THE FEDERAL COURT ARRIVING EARLY NEXT MONTH TO TAKE UP A THREE MONTH
WILL AND
BE DEPARTMENT TO CONSULTANT
THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT IN LEGAL RESEARCH FOR A BILL OF RIGHTS FOR HONG KONG.
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