MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1991
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LEGAL AND JUDICIAL SYSTEM PROVIDES ESSENTIAL CERTAINTY TO HK'S FREEDOM
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GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY (MONDAY) SAID IT IS HONG
FIRMLY WEDDED TO
TO THE KONG'S LEGAL AND JUDICIAL SYSTEM, WHICH IS PRINCIPLE OF THE RULE OF LAW, THAT PROVIDES THE ESSENTIAL CERTAINTY ON WHICH THE TERRITORY'S FREEDOM TO BE SUCCESSFUL, DEPENDS.
"THE
SYSTEM IS CHALLENGE FOR HONG KONG IS TO ENSURE THAT THE
WHICH THIS RAPIDLY SUFFICIENTLY ROBUST TO WITHSTAND THE PRESSURES
IN 1997, DEVELOPING SOCIETY, AND HONG KONG'S CHANGE OF SOVEREIGNTY
SAID WHEN
THE PLACE
THE GOVERNOR UPON
IT,"
BIENNIAL INTERNATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION'S SECTION ON BUSINESS LAW 10TH CONFERENCE.
WILL
ADDRESSING
THE
OUTLINING THE ARRANGEMENTS UNDER THE JOINT DECLARATION AND
ON BASIC LAW, SIR DAVID SAID THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP HAD JUST AGREED
KONG AND THE EARLY ESTABLISHMENT OF A COURT OF FINAL APPEAL IN HONG THE COMPOSITION OF THE COURT.
IT WILL BE Å "WE HOPE THAT WE WILL HAVE THIS IN PLACE BY 1993. SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT IN ESTABLISHING FOR THE FUTURE HONG KONG'S OWN LEGAL SYSTEM, HE SAID.
THE WORK.
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SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS DETERMINED ARRANGEMENTS UNDER THE JOINT DECLARATION AND THE BASIC LAW
THAT WOULD
H
HE SAID
ADDING
"BUT TO DO SO THEY MUST BE FIRMLY ROOTED HERE, THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS TRANSLATING THE LAWS INTO CHINESE.
"BUT IT WILL TAKE MORE THAN THAT.
"WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE IN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE VALUE OF IMPARTIAL JUSTICE; LOCAL PARTICIPATION IN THE JUDICIAL PROCESS," HE SAID.
A COMMUNITY
BROADER, DEEPER AND WE NEED GREATER
AT
THE MOMENT THE
WERE EXPATRIATES, MAGISTRATES ENCOURAGE LOCALISATION.
MAJORITY
OF
JUDGES KONG'S HONG CONSIDERABLE DESPITE
EFFORTS
AND ΤΟ
ONE REASON FOR THIS WAS ALMOST CERTAINLY THAT, BECAUSE OF THE AND BARRISTERS IN PRIVATE EARNED FEES
SOLICITORS BY SUCCESSFUL PRACTICE IN HONG KONG, APPOINTMENT TO THE BENCH MEANT A DROP IN INCOME SIR THAT THE PUBLIC SERVICE COULD NOT HOPE TO COMPENSATE FINANCIALLY, DAVID POINTED OUT.
"WE NEED TO DEVELOP FURTHER THE TRADITION OF HIGH PUBLIC STATUS MEANS ΤΟ WHICH ATTACHES TO THE BENCH IN SOME WESTERN COUNTRIES AS A PROMOTE LOCALISATION," HE ADDED.
SIR DAVID NOTED THAT HONG KONG'S STRONG TRADITION OF PUBLIC SERVICE, WHICH HAD IN THE PAST TENDED TO BE CHANNELLED INTO CHARITABLE WORKS, WAS TAKING ON NEW FORMS.
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