THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1991
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PUBLICATION ON LEGAL SYSTEM ON SALE
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HAS PUBLISHED A
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS PUBLICATION FEATURING DIFFERENT FACETS OF THE
KONG.
FULL-COLOUR LEGAL SYSTEM IN HONG
LAW AND APART FROM GIVING A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE COMMON
THE BILINGUAL RULES OF EQUITY AND THE SOURCES OF LAWS IN HONG KONG,
SEPARATE CHAPTERS ON THE "LEGAL SYSTEM IN HONG KONG" ALSO INCLUDES
ROLE OF JUDICIARY, THE JURY SYSTEM, THE CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS, THE
LEGAL
THE DEPARTMENT,
ADMINISTRATION GENERAL AND THE THE ATTORNEY
DEPARTMENT, GENERAL'S
EDUCATION,
OF LEGAL AID, THE REGISTRAR
THE LEGAL PROFESSION AND ARBITRATION.
LEGAL
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, MR
IN THE PREFACE OF THE PUBLICATION, JEREMY MATHEWS, SAID ITS AIM WAS TO HELP THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND OUR LEGAL SYSTEM WORKED.
HOW
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS ARB "MY COLLEAGUES AND I IN THE KREN TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE PUBLIC'S UNDERSTANDING OF OUR LEGAL SYSTEM.
BOOKLET
HELPS
THE
PUBLIC
то "IF THIS
HAVE UNDERSTANDING OF THE STRUCTURE AND OPERATION OF OUR LEGAL WILL HAVE ACHIEVED ITS AIM,' MR MATHEWS SAID.
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CLEARER SYSTEM, IT
SAID YANG,
IN THE FOREWORD THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR TI LIANG
AND AWARENESS OF THE THAT HE HAD ALWAYS FELT THAT PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE
THE LAW AND THE LEGAL SYSTEM WAS VITAL TO ANY SOCIETY WHICH CHERISHED RULE OF LAW AND FREEDOM OF THE INDIVIDUAL.
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THE EXECUTIVE IF A JUDICIARY MUST BE INDEPENDENT OF PROPERLY AND FULLY TO ADMINISTER JUSTICE AND, IN SO DOING, TO THE INDIVIDUAL FROM ANY ARUSE OF THE EXECUTIVE'S POWERS.
IT IS PROTECT
AND
SUCII AS WE PRESENTLY ENJOY "AN INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY, EXPECT TO MAINTAIN IN THE FUTURE, RELIES ON STRONG PUBLIC SUPPORT. AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF THAT SUPPORT IS THE PUBLIC'S UNDERSTANDING OF THE LEGAL SYSTEM AND HOW IT OPERATES, SIR TI LIANG SAID.
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A LONG WAY IN HONG KONG. I OF OUR LEGAL
"I AM SURE THAT THIS ILLUMINATING BOOKLET WILL GO TOWARDS IMPROVING AND SPREADING THAT UNDERSTANDING BELIEVE THAT WITH UNDERSTANDING COMES AN SYSTEM AND THE LAWS BY WHICH WE LIVE," HE ADDED.
APPRECIATION
WHICH THE 65-PAGE PUBLICATION,
HAS MORE THAN 20 COLOUR NOW AVAILABLE AT $46 PER COPY CENTRE,
GPO FLOOR,
PHOTOGRAPH INSERTIONS, IS GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL.
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