WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1991
BILL RECOGNISES CITY POLYTECHNIC LAW QUALIFICATIONS
(NO. 2) THE LEGAL PRACTITIONERS (AMENDMENT}
BILL 1991 WILL CITY POLYTECHNIC LAW STUDENTS TO ENABLE THE QUALIFICATIONS OF
BE RECOGNISED FOR THE PURPOSE OF BEING ADMITTED AS BARRISTERS.
MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE BILL IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY), THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE HON JEREMY MATHEWS, SAID AT PRESENT
THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG
LAW KONG'S DEGREE AND POSTGRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN LAWS WERE RECOGNISED AS QUALIFICATIONS FOR A PERSON TO BECOME A LEGAL PRACTITIONER.
ONLY
STARTED ITS ITS POSTGRADUATE
HE TOLD COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT THE CITY POLYTECHNIC LAW DEGREE COURSES IN SEPTEMBER 1988 AND BEGAN CERTIFICATE IN LAWS PROGRAMME IN OCTOBER THIS YEAR.
BOTH THE DEGREE AND CERTIFICATE COURSES HAD BEEN APPROVED BY THE LAW SOCIETY AND BAR ASSOCIATION. THE FIRST BATCH OF STUDENTS FROM THE POSTGRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN LAWS PROGRAMME WOULD GRADUATE IN JUNE NEXT YEAR, MR MATHEWS SAID.
ADMISSION "THIS BILL WILL, FOR THE PURPOSE OF
AS BARRISTERS, EXTEND SUCH RECOGNITION TO THE CITY POLYTECHNIC OF HONG KONG'S LAW: DEGREE AND POSTGRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN LAWS, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAID.
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HE ADDED THAT THE ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS NECESSARY FOR ADMISSION AS A SOLICITOR WOULD BE
AMENDED AND WOULD BE CONTAINED IN THE TRAINEE SOLICITORS RULES ΤΟ BE MADE BY THE LAW SOCIETY.
DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.
PRINCE PHILIP DENTAL HOSPITAL (AMENDMENT) BILL 1991 INTRODUCED
A BILL WHICH SEEKS TO EMPOWER THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE PRINCE PHILIP DENTAL HOSPITAL TO APPOINT AN ACTING DIRECTOR WHEN THE DIRECTOR IS ABSENT FROM HONG KONG OR
UNABLE TO PERFORM HIS FUNCTIONS, WAS INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE PRINCE PHILIP DENTAL HOSPITAL (AMENDMENT) BILL 1991, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH WONG, EXPLAINED THAT AT PRESENT THERE WAS NO PROVISION UNDER THE ORDINANCE FOR SUCH AN ACTING APPOINTMENT TO BE MADE.
THE
THE PRACTICE HITHERTO HAS BEEN FOR THE COMPTROLLER TO ASSUME THE ROLE OF DE FACTO DIRECTOR DURING THE ABSENCE OF THE DIRECTOR. - COMPTROLLER, HOWEVER, NEED NOT BE QUALIFIED IN DENTISTRY.
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