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FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1979

MR. JUSTICE MCMULLIN WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 11, 1922 IN

IRELAND.

HE WAS EDUCATED AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN AND WAS CALLED TO THE IRISH BAR IN 1945.

HE SERVED AS A CROWN COUNSEL AND LATER AS A SENIOR CROWN COUNSEL IN UGANDA FROM 1950 TO 1961, WHEN HE CAME TO HONG KONG AS A MAGISTRATE.

MR. JUSTICE MCMULLIN WAS APPOINTED A DISTRICT JUDGE IN 1962 AND A JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT (FORMERLY KNOWN AS PUISNE JUDGE) IN 1969. HE HAS ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS SAT AS A JUSTICE OF APPEAL.

HE IS MARRIED WITH FOUR DAUGHTERS.

DUDDELL STREET STEPS AND GAS LAMPS DECLARED MONUMENTS

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THE FLIGHT OF STONE STEPS AT THE SOUTHERN END OF DUDDELL STREET, CENTRAL, AND THE FOUR GAS LAMPS STANDING ON THE BALUSTRADES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE STEPS HAVE BEEN DECLARED MONUMENTS BECAUSE OF THEIR HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE.

A NOTICE TO THIS EFFECT UNDER THE ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS ORDINANCE WAS PUBLISHED TODAY (FRIDAY) IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO ESTABLISH PRECISELY WHEN THE STONE STEPS WERE BUILT BUT SERIAL MAPS OF OLD HONG KONG INDICATED THAT IT WAS SOMETIME BETWEEN 1875 AND 1889.

HE ADDED THAT THE FOUR GAS LAMPS WERE PROBABLY INSTALLED EARLY IN THIS CENTURY AND HAVE SINCE 1967 BEEN THE ONLY GAS LAMPS IN HONG KONG.

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