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MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1991
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE SUCCESS OF THE CFA WILL HINGE ON THE QUALITY OF JUDGES APPOINTED, BE THEY HONG KONG JUDGES OR THOSE DRAWN FROM OTHER COMMON LAW JURISDICTIONS, RATHER THAN ON THE PROPORTION HONG KONG TO SUCH JUDGES.
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"WHILE THE APPOINTMENT OF EMINENT JUDGES FROM OTHER COMMON LAW JURISDICTIONS TO SIT ON THE CFA WHERE NECESSARY WILL NO DOUBT ENHANCE IS REPUTATION AND CREDIBILITY OF HONG KONG'S CFA, THE GOVERNMENT CONFIDENT THAT THERE IS NO LACK OF CAPABLE JUDGES OF INTEGRITY LOCALLY TO SIT ON THE CFA.
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"THERE ARE SUFFICIENT SAFEGUARDS IN THE JD AND THE BL TO ENSURE INDEPENDENCE OF HONG KONG'S JUDGES IN ADJUDICATING CASES BEFORE THEM AT ALL LEVELS.
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'A LOT OF DETAILED WORK REMAINS TO BE DONE, INCLUDING THE DRAFTING OF LEGISLATION IN UK AND IN HK то REPLACE THE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL WITH THE CFA IN HONG KONG IN HEARING APPEALS FROM HONG KONG, AND TO SET OUT THE PRECISE CONSTITUTION, JURISDICTION AND POWERS OF THE CFA.
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"THE NECESSARY LEGISLATION WILL BE DRAFTED IN ACCORDANCE THE PRINCIPLED AGREEMENT REACHED WITH THE CHINESE, THE SPOKESMAN CONTINUED, "FULL DETAILS WILL BE SET OUT IN THE DRAFT HONG KONG ESTABLISHING THE CFA, WHICH WILL BE A PUBLIC DOCUMENT.
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"THE HONG KONG PUBLIC WILL HAVE THE FULLEST OPPORTUNITY EXAMINE AND DEBATE THE DETAILS BEFORE THE BILL PASSES INTO LAW."
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT AS PART OF THE PRINCIPLE OF COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS", THE SINO-BRITISH JD ON THE QUESTION KONG AND THE BASIC LAW PROVIDE FOR THE HKSAR ΤΟ BE VESTED WITH INDEPENDENT JUDICIAL POWER, INCLUDING THAT OF FINAL ADJUDICATION.
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THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CFA IS ONE OF THE KEY MEASURES CONTRIBUTING TO THIS. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE EARLY ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CFA TO THE CONTINUATION OF THE PRESENT JUDICIAL SYSTEM AFTER 1997 AND TO THE VESTING OF THE POWER OF FINAL ADJUDICATION IN HONG KONG CANNOT BE OVER-EMPHASISED.
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1997 SMOOTH ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF THE CFA BEFORE WILL DO MUCH TO BOOST CONFIDENCE IN THE CONTINUITY AND STABILITY OF THE EXISTING JUDICIAL AND LEGAL SYSTEMS IN THE RUN UP то 1997 AND BEYOND.
IT IS AGAINST THESE CONSIDERATIONS THAT THE GOVERNMENT WELCOMED AT THE AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE REACHED ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CFA JLG XX LAST MONTH.
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