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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1981

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NEW QC'S FOR HONG KONG

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TWO BARRISTERS AND THREE MEMBERS OF THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN APPOINTED QUEEN'S COUNSEL FOR HONG KONG. THEY ARE MR DENIS CHANG KHEN-LEE, MR JOHN DESMOND MARY DONNELLY, MR DAVID RAYMOND BOY, MR GERALD PAUL NAZARETH AND MR MAX LUCAS.

ANNOUNCEMENT OF THEIR APPOINTMENT WAS PUBLISHED IN THE

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE LAST FRIDAY (FEBRUARY 20, 1981).

MR CHANG WAS BORN IN SABAH, MALAYSIA IN 1944.

HE OBTAINED

THE DEGREE OF LL.B. AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL IN 1967, WAS CALLED TO THE BAR BY LINCOLN'S INN IN 1968 AND DID HIS PUPILLAGE IN HONG KONG IN CHAMBERS OF MR HENRY LITTON, QC.

HE WAS CALLED TO THE HONG KONG BAR IN 1970 AND HAS BEEN PRACTISING IN HONG KONG EVER SINCE. HE IS HEAD OF THE LAW DEPARTMENT OF SHUI YAN COLLEGE AND THE AUTHOR OF SEVERAL PUBLICATIONS ON LEGAL MATTERS,

MR CHANG IS A MEMBER OF THE LANDS TRIBUNAL, THE SUPREME COURT RULES COMMITTEE, THE CRIMINAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT INJURIES COMPENSATION BOARDS, THE COMMITTEE OF THE LAW SOCIETY'S LEGAL ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE SCHEME AND THE EDITORIAL BOARD OF THE HONG KONG LAW JOURNAL.

MR DONNELLY WAS BORN IN DUBLIN IN 1916. HE OBTAINED THE B.A. DEGREE AT TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN IN 1938, WAS ADMITTED AS SOLICITOR IN IRELAND IN 1939 AND CALLED TO THE ENGLISH BAR (MIDDLE TEMPLE) IN 1948.

HE SERVED IN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE FROM 1942 TO 1945 AND IN THE OFFICE OF THE JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL FROM 1945 TO 1948. HE THEN PRACTISED WITH FIRMS OF ADVOCATES AND SOLICITORS IN IPOH FROM 1948 TO 1952 AND IN SINGAPORE FROM 1952 TO 1965.

MR DONNELLY WAS ADMITTED TO THE HONG KONG BAR IN 1964 AND HAS PRACTISED IN HONG KONG SINCE 1967, SPECIALISING IN CRIMINAL WORK.

MR BOY WAS BORN IN KENYA IN 1933. HE DID HIS PUPILLAGE IN ENGLAND AND WAS CALLED TO THE ENGLISH BAR (GRAY'S INN) IN 1954.

HE SERVED AS CROWN COUNSEL IN KENYA UNTIL 1962, WHEN HE WAS APPOINTED AS CROWN COUNSEL IN HONG KONG.

MR BOY HAS SINCE SERVED IN THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES AND WAS PROMOTED TO LAW OFFICER (DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS) IN FEBRUARY 1979. HE HAS ALSO BEEN LAW DRAFTSMAN AND HAS ACTED AS SOLICITOR GENERAL ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS SINCE 1973.

MR NAZARETH WAS BORN IN KENYA IN 1932. HE OBTAINED THE DEGREE OF LL.B. AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BOMBAY AND DID HIS PUPILLAGE

IN THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS IN KENYA. THE ENGLISH BAR IN 1962.

HE WAS CALLED 'TLAGE

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