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HE ADDED THAT A UK TRAINING WILL FACILITATE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND ALSO AN UNDERSTANDING OF WESTERN MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES.
HE SAID SOCIETIES DID NOT FLOURISH SOLELY AS A RESULT OF ECONOMIC GROWTH. THE "RULE OF LAW" AND A SENSE OF "FAIRNESS AND JUSTICE" WERE MAJOR FACTORS IN PROVIDING A STABLE FRAMEWORK то ANY SOCIETY.
"HONG KONG, POST 1997, WILL INHERIT A BRITISH INSPIRED LEGAL JUDICIAL SYSTEM. IT IS NOT THE ONLY LEGAL AND JUDICIAL SYSTEM IN WORLD BUT IT APPEARS TO HAVE SERVED HONG KONG WELL FOR 150 YEARS AND ITS CONTINUATION IS ENSHRINED IN THE JOINT DECLARATION," HE SAID.
AND THE
"IT SEEMS THAT IN SOME WAY THE CONTINUAL RETURN OF HONG KONG STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY OUR LAWYERS, AFTER PERIODS OF TRAINING IN THE UK WILL HELP TO PRESERVE AND KEEP ALIVE THE LEGAL AND JUDICIAL SYSTEM WHICH HONG KONG HAS CHOSEN FOR ITS FUTURE,' MR YAXLEY SAID.
ON THE WORK OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE IN LONDON, HE SAID THE OFFICE WAS ACUTELY CONSCIOUS OF THE ROLE IT SHOULD BE PLAYING IN ASSISTING IN THIS PROCESS OF OPENING UP AND DEVELOPING THE LINES OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE TERRITORY AND PROFESSIONALS AND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN THIS COUNTRY.
"WE HAVE RECENTLY REORGANISED OUR COMMUNITY AND STUDENTS DIVISIONS SO THAT WE ARE BETTER PLACED TO PROVIDE BRIEFINGS ON CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN HONG KONG AT UNIVERSITIES AND POLYTECHNICS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
"A RECENT EXAMPLE WAS OUR SEMINAR LAST MONTH AT MANCHESTER.
WE ARE ALSO INCREASING OUR SUPPORT FOR CAREERS FAIRS. WE HAVE ARRANGED OR BEEN INVOLVED IN A NUMBER OF THESE, THE NEXT BEING IN SHEFFIELD LATER THIS MONTH.
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ARE ALSO WORKING ON OUR "YOUNG AMBASSADOR" SCHEME THROUGH OUR ASSISTANCE TO VARIOUS PROFESSIONAL BODIES, INCLUDING THE ORGANISERS OF THIS CONFERENCE AND THE HONG KONG EXECUTIVES CLUB, HE SAID.
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AT THE THREE-DAY CONFERENCE WHICH WILL END ON SUNDAY (APRIL 5), THE ORGANISERS HAVE ARRANGED FOR A DISTINGUISHED GROUP OF SPEAKERS TO TALK
CURRENT ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS AND ON CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN HONG KONG.
IN ADDITION TO MR YAXLEY, TODAY'S OTHER SPEAKERS INCLUDED PETER RICKETTS OF THE FOREIGN OFFICE, LORD JUDD AND THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY T.H. CHAU, WHO GAVE A KEYNOTE SPEECH ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN HONG KONG.
LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS TAM FIU-CHUNG, FREDERICK FUNG WILL SPEAK ON HONG KONG'S SOCIAL AFFAIRS TOMORROW WHILE THE LONDON OFFICE'S DEPUTY COMMISSIONER DAVID TSUI WILL INTRODUCE TO PARTICIPANTS CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE HONG KONG CIVIL SERVICE.
OTHER SPEAKERS WILL INCLUDE LEGCO MEMBERS SELINA CHOW, DR YEUNG SUM AND PROMINENT INDUSTRIALISTS AND BANKERS.
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