SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1982
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APPOINTMENT OF HIGH COURT JUDGE
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THE QUEEN HAS APPROVED THE APPOINTMENT OF DISTRICT JUDGE DE BASTO, QC AS A JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT.
THE APPOINTMENT WILL TAKE EFFECT ON MONDAY (FEBRUARY 1).
MR JUSTICE DE BASTO WAS BORN IN LONDON IN 1924 AND EDUCATED AT THE JESUIT COLLEGE OF RIVERVIEW IN SYDNEY.
HE GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY IN 1952 WITH THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF LAWS AND IN THE SAME YEAR WAS CALLED TO THE BAR OF NEW SOUTH WALES AND OF THE HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA.
HE WAS CALLED TO THE ENGLISH BAR BY LINCOLN'S INN IN 1955 AND TO THE HONG KONG BAR IN 1957, AND PRACTISED AT THE HONG KONG BAR FROM 1957 UNTIL HIS APPOINTMENT AS A JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT IN 1973.
HE WAS APPOINTED A QUEEN'S COUNSEL IN 1968 AND IN THE SAME YEAR A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
HE WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE BAR FOR THREE YEARS AND REPRESENTED THE BAR ON NUMEROUS COMMITTEES.
HE WAS ALSO THE FIRST MEMBER OF THE BAR TO SIT AS A COMMISSIONER OF THE SUPREME COURT, A POSITION HE HAS HELD ON VERY MANY OCCASIONS.
MR JUSTICE DE BASTO IS MARRIED WITH TWO CHILDREN.
VACCINATIONS FOR FISHERFOLK
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A MARINE LAUNCH WILL BE MOORED AT THE YAU MA TEI TYPHOON SHELTER BETWEEN 10 AM AND 4 PM ON MONDAY (FEBRUARY 1) TO GIVE FREE VACCINATION TO CHILDREN IN THE FISHING COMMUNITY.
VACCINATIONS AGAINST MEASLES, DIPHTHERIA, TETANUS,
POL IOMYELITIS AND OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASES ARE AVAILABLE ALL THE YEAR ROUND AT ALL MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH CENTRES RUN BY THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, A SPOKESMAN SAID,
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