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Question: Were you encouraged by the recent remarks made to the General Chamber of Commerce that China, following the deal on the Court of Final Appeal, would push through other agreements on other issues?
FS: I was mildly encouraged by that. I have to say mildly because it's always a bit risky to be too sure when it's an indirect report rather than hearing the words myself. Certainly, I am encouraged by the CFA agreement, mainly in itself because I think it was important again for the perception of Hong Kong from outside as well as domestically, that we saw that the rule of law, that whole issue, was making some progress. So I think that is extremely helpful.
Thank you very much. I think it's very difficult here, it is very noisy.o
End/Friday, June 16, 1995
Expert group to review Prosecutions Division appointed
The Attorney General, Mr Jeremy Mathews, today (Friday) announced the composition of an expert group who will assist the Director of Public Prosecutions to review the decision-making process in the Prosecutions Division of the Legal Department.
The group, to be chaired by the Director of Public Prosecutions, Mr Peter Nguyen QC, comprises Mr Eric Barnes, a retired High Court Judge; Mrs Eleanor Ling, a Director of Jardine Pacific Co Ltd and a former Urban Councillor; Mr Arjan Sakhrani QC, a practising barrister, and Mr Tony Scott, Director of Corruption Prevention, ICAC.
The proposal to review the decision-making process in the Prosecutions Division of the Legal Department was raised by Legislative Councillor Mrs Elsie Tu in a motion debate in the Legislative Council last Wednesday (June 7).
The following is the Terms of Reference of the Director of Public Prosecutions' independent expert group: