SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1994
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CHIEF JUSTICE TAKES PRIDE IN LOCAL LEGAL SYSTEM
IT IS NO ACCIDENT THAT HONG KONG'S LEGAL SYSTEM OCCUPIES THE PRIDE OF PLACE IN THE COMMON LAW WORLD, THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR TI LIANG YANG, SAID THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING.
SPEAKING AT THE ADMISSION OF QUEEN'S COUNSEL CEREMONY, SIR TI LIANG SAID IT WAS ATTRIBUTABLE то THE QUALITY OF THE BAR, VIGILANTLY GUARDED AND ASSIDUOUSLY IMPROVED UPON OVER THE YEARS,
PARTICULARLY IN THE PAST 15 TO 20 YEARS.
BETWEEN
BENCH AND
"THE TRADITIONAL MUTUAL TRUST AND RESPECT BAR, SO NECESSARY FOR THE WELL-BEING OF OUR LEGAL SYSTEM, HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME, IN SPITE OF THE INEVITABLE VICISSITUDES WHICH OCCUR IN ANY HUMAN RELATIONSHIP," SIR TI LIANG SAID.
HE ADDED THAT WITHOUT FRIENDSHIP AND UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE JUDGES AND PRACTISING LAWYERS, THE WHEEL OF JUSTICE COULD BUT BE RUN ON A ROUGH PASSAGE.
SIR TI LIANG ALSO NOTED THAT "THE HIGH STANDARD OF THE BAR, THE RULE OF LAW, THE CLOSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BENCH AND BAR, ARE THE INGREDIENTS OF A HEALTHY LEGAL SYSTEM, ON WHICH OUR FUTURE STABILITY AND PROSPERITY DEPEND.
"IN THE LONG TERM, I AM CONFIDENT THAT THE JUDICIARY AS WE KNOW IT TODAY, AND THE LEGAL PROFESSION AS WE KNOW IT TODAY, WILL CONTINUE ON THE SAME BASIC PRINCIPLES AS WE KNOW THEM TODAY.
"IT REMAINS FOR US ΤΟ PRESERVE AND DEVELOP THAT WHICH WE ALREADY POSSESS, AND WILL CONTINUE TO POSSESS, HE CONCLUDED.
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THE CEREMONY WAS ΤΟ MARK THE APPOINTMENT OF FIVE QUEEN'S MR ANTHONY R DICKS, MR WARREN CHAN CHEE-HOI, MR LAWRENCE LOK
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YING-KAM, MR MICHAEL V LUNN, AND MR NIGEL A C AIKEN.
APPOINTMENTS TOOK EFFECT ON MARCH 30 THIS YEAR.
THEIR
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CS SPEAKS TO MEDIA
FOLLOWING IS THE TRANSCRIPT OF THE MEDIA SESSION BY THE SECRETARY MRS ANSON CHAN AFTER OPENING THE SHATIN HOSPITAL. (SATURDAY):
CHIEF TODAY
QUESTION : COULD YOU REPEAT YOUR ANSWER (ON MEN STATUS) IN ENGLISH PLEASE ?
CS
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I WAS SAYING THAT ON THE MFN ISSUE, AS YOU KNOW, I HAVE RECENTLY BEEN IN WASHINGTON TO LOBBY FOR UNCONDITIONAL EXTENSION OF THE MFN BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT WITHDRAWAL OF MFN WOULD DEAL AN ECONOMIC BODY BLOW, NOT ONLY TO CHINA, BUT WOULD ALSO AFFECT HONG KONG VERY SERIOUSLY AND IN TURN WOULD AFFECT STABILITY IN THE ENTIRE EAST ASIA REGION.
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