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MR JUSTICE CONS

TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1980

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HE WAS BORN IN ENGLAND ON JULY 15, 1928. AFTER ATTENDING BIRMINGHAM UNIVERSITY, HE WAS CALLED TO THE ENGLISH BAR IN 1953. HE JOINED THE HONG KONG JUDICIARY AS A MAGISTRATE IN 1955 AND, AFTER HOLDING A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT POSTS, WAS APPOINTED A DISTRICT JUDGE IN 1966 AND PUISNE JUDGE (JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT) IN 1972, HE TOO HAS SAT IN THE COURT OF APPEAL ON MANY OCCASIONS.

JUDGE PENLINGTON

HE WAS BORN IN NEW ZEALAND ON MARCH 3, 1931. AFTER GRADUATING FROM CANTERBURY UNIVERSITY, HE WAS ADMITTED AS A BARRISTER AND SOLICITOR IN NEW ZEALAND IN 1955. AFTER SOME YEARS IN PRIVATE PRACTICE, HE JOINED THE GOVERNMENT OF SAMOA IN 1959 AS A SENIOR LEGAL OFFICER AND WAS APPOINTED MAGISTRATE OF WESTERN SAMOA IN 1961. HE JOINED THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AS CROWN COUNSEL IN 1964 AND FINALLY BECAME PRINCIPAL CROWN COUNSEL IN 1973. HE WAS APPOINTED A DISTRICT JUDGE IN 1977 AND HAS SAT AS A COMMISSIONER OF THE HIGH COURT.

JUDGE LIU

HE WAS BORN IN HONG KONG ON MAY 17, 1931. AFTER RECEIVING EDUCATION IN HONG KONG, HE JOINED LINCOLN'S INN IN 1954 AND WAS CALLED TO THE ENGLISH BAR IN 1957. HE THEN SPENT SOME 14 YEARS AT THE BAR IN HONG KONG WHERE HE WAS APPOINTED QUEEN'S COUNSEL. HE WAS APPOINTED

A DISTRICT JUDGE IN 1973, AND HAS SAT AS A COMMISSIONER OF THE HIGH COURT ON MANY OCCASIONS.

JUDGE BEWLEY

HE WAS BORN IN LONDON ON MARCH 12, 1931. HE WAS EDUCATED AT SHREWSBURY SCHOOL AND TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN, HE WAS CALLED TO THE ENGLISH BAR IN 1956. HE THEN JOINED THE GOVERNMENT OF NORTHERN RHODESIA AND WAS LATER APPOINTED RESIDENT MAGISTRATE, NYASALAND_IN_1961. HE JOINED THE HONG KONG JUDICIARY' AS A MAGISTRATE IN 1964, WAS PROMOTED TO SENIOR MAGISTRATE AND PRINCIPAL MAGISTRATE. HE WAS APPOINTED A DISTRICT JUDGE IN 1976, AND HAS ACTED AS A COMMISSIONER OF THE HIGH COURT.

JUDGE RHIND

HE WAS BORN IN LONDON ON JANUARY 30, 1936. AFTER GRADUATING FROM LONDON UNIVERSITY, HE WAS ADMITTED AS A SOLICITOR IN ENGLAND IN 1961 AND CALLED TO THE BAR OF NEW SOUTH WALES IN 1974. AFTER A NUMBER OF YEARS IN PRIVATE PRACTICE, HE JOINED THE HONG KONG JUDICIARY AS A MAGISTRATE IN 1965. HE BECAME SENIOR MAGISTRATE IN 1969 AND ASSISTANT REGISTRAR OF THE SUPREME COURT IN 1974. HE WAS APPOINTED A DISTRICT JUDGE IN 1976, AND HAS SAT AS A COMMISSIONER OF THE HIGH COURT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.

/HR NEIL MACDOUGALL