THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1977
FOR THE SAME REASON, MR. HOBLEY POINTED OUT, MR. CHEONG-LEEN'S SUGGESTION THAT THE J.P. SYSTEM BE REVIVED WITH BILINGUAL J.P.'S WOULD NOT LEAD TO THE CONDUCT OF COURT PROCEEDINGS IN CHINESE TO ANY SIGNIFICANT EXTENT AND, ACCORDING TO THE CHIEF JUSTICE IT MOULD INVOLVE VERY CONSIDERABLE ADMINISTRATIVE PROBLEMS.
THE ANSWER, HE SAID, WOULD BE TO GET MORE CHINESE SPEAK ING LAWYERS ONTO THE BENCH AND THAT MEANT WE MUST INCREASE THE NUMBER OF HONG KONG PEOPLE WHO WERE LAWYERS.
HE BELIEVED THAT THE BENEFITS OF INCREASE IN LAW STUDENTS IN TERMS OF ACTUAL OUTPUT OF QUALIFIED LAWYERS WOULD BE REALISED NEXT YEAR.
+ THE UNIVERSITY ALSO EXPECTS THAT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS TAKING ITS POST-GRADUATE COURSE WILL BE AUGMENTED BY A FEW HONG KONG PEOPLE RETURNING HERE WITH UNIVERSITY DEGREES OBTAINED ELSEWHERE,+ HE ADDED.
AT THE SAME TIME, A SUGGESTION PUT FORWARD BY THE UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG TO FURTHER ENLARGE THE INTAKE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LAW WAS UNDER ACTIVE CONSIDERATION.
+ IT IS CLEAR THAT A GREATER OUTPUT FROM THE UNIVERSITY IS THE ONLY WAY IN WHICH GREATER LOCALISATION OF THE GOVERNMENT'S LEGAL SERVICES CAN BE ACHIEVED, MR. HOBLEY SAID, ADDING: +AT PRESENT, THE PULL OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR IS TOO STRONG.+
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