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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1977

FOUR APPOINTED DISTRICT COURT JUDGES

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THE GOVERNOR HAS APPOINTED TWO PRINCIPAL CROWN COUNSELS OF THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND TWO ASSISTANT REGISTRARS OF THE JUDICIARY TO BE DISTRICT COURT JUDGES WITH EFFECT FROM SEPTEMBER 12, 1977.

THEY ARE: MR. ROSS PENLINGTON AND MR. OWEN CORCORAN. PRINCIPAL CROWN COUNSELS MR. BRIAN JONES AND MICHAEL WONG KIN-CHOW, ASSISTANT REGISTRARS.

MR. PENLINGTON, 46, IS A BARRISTER AND SOLICITOR OF THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND. HE JOINED THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT AS CROWN COUNSEL IN 1964. HE BECAME PRINCIPAL CROWN COUNSEL IN 1973.

MR. CORCORAN, 47, WAS A CROWN COUNSEL IN NORTHERN NIGERIA BEFORE HE JOINED THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT AS CROWN COUNSEL IN 1963. HE BECAME PRINCIPAL CROWN COUNSEL IN 1974.

MR. JONES, 47, JOINED THE JUDICIARY IN 1967 AND BECAME ASSISTANT REGISTRAR OF SUPREME COURT IN 1970. HE WAS APPOINTED TEMPORARY ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE IN 1974. BEFORE HE CAME TO HONG KONG, MR. JONES WAS A SOLICITOR OF THE SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND. HE IS ALSO A BARRISTER AND SOLICITOR OF THE SUPREME COURT OF VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA.

MR. WONG, 41, JOINED THE JUDICIARY AS CROWN COUNSEL IN 1966 AND AFTER SEVERAL PROMOTIONS BECAME ASSISTANT REGISTRAR OF SUPREME COURT IN 1975, HE WAS APPOINTED TEMPORARY ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE IN 1976.

RTHK TO LAUNCH NEW RADIO PROGRAMME FOR NT *****

A NEW RAD 10 PROGRAMME CALLED +NEW TERRITORIES WEEKLY WILL BE LAUNCHED BY RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG ON ITS CHINESE SERVICE THIS SUNDAY (SEPTEMBER 18).

THE 15-MINUTE PROGRAMME WILL GO ON AIR AT 6.15 P.M. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE NEWS AND WILL FEATURE TOPICAL EVENTS AND DEVELOPMENTS IN VARIOUS DISTRICTS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.

APART FROM INTERVIEWS WITH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS DEALING WITH NEW TERRITORIES EVENTS, OFFICIALS OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK RURAL COMMITTEES, AND OTHER COMMUNITY LEADERS WILL ALSO TAKE PART IN THE PROGRAMME.

THE PROGRAMME WILL TOUCH ON HAPPENINGS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES SUCH AS CULTURAL PERFORMANCES, SPORTS AND GENERAL COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES.

AN +N.T. LETTER BOX+ HAS ALSO BEEN SET UP TO ANSWER ANY QUERIES OR COMPLAINTS FROM N.T. RESIDENTS WHO, ALTERNATIVELY, MIGHT HAVE SOME CONSTRUCTIVE IDEAS ON CERTAIN PROBLEMS.

THEY ARE WELCOME TO WRITE TO MR. FRANK NG, EDITOR, G.P.O. BOX 200, KOWLOON, FOR CONVEYANCE TO THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION AND REPLIES WILL THEN BE ARRANGED FOR BROADCAST IN THE PROGRAMME.

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