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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1982

SEVEN NEW DISTRICT JUDGES NAMED

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SEVEN NEW DISTRICT JUDGES HAVE BEEN APPOINTED, WITH EFFECT FROM TODAY (MONDAY).

THEY ARE MR FRANCIS WILLIAM BLACKWELL, MR JOHN GRAHAM ROY, MR ARTHUR LEONG SHIU-CHUNG, MR EDWARD STEPHEN YANNE, MR THOMAS MITCHELL GALL, MR BERNARD JOSEPH MOYLAN AND MR JOHN BAILY.

JUDGE BLACKWELL WAS BORN IN ENGLAND IN 1926 AND EDUCATED AT DULWICH COLLEGE. HE WAS ADMITTED AS A SOLICITOR IN 1954 AND WAS IN PRIVATE PRACTICE IN ENGLAND UNTIL 1971, HE JOINED THE JUDICIARY AS A MAGISTRATE IN 1972. HE WAS PROMOTED PRINCIPAL MAGISTRATE IN 1977 AND APPOINTED ASSISTANT REGISTRAR, SUPREME COURT, IN 1979. HE HAS SAT AS A TEMPORARY ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.

JUDGE ROY WAS BORN IN NEW ZEALAND IN 1930 AND EDUCATED AT SOUTHLAND BOYS HIGH SCHOOL AND OTAGO UNIVERSITY. HE WAS ADMITTED AS A BARRISTER AND SOLICITOR IN NEW ZEALAND IN 1955. HE SPENT SEVERAL YEARS IN PRIVATE PRACTICE UNTIL HE JOINED THE JUDICIARY IN HONG KONG AS A MAGISTRATE IN 1976. HE WAS PROMOTED ASSISTANT REGISTRAR OF THE SUPREME COURT IN 1980. HE HAS SAT AS TEMPORARY ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS,

JUDGE LEONG WAS BORN IN HONG KONG IN 1936 AND EDUCATED AT WAH YAN COLLEGE. HE JOINED GOVERNMENT IN 1954 AND SERVED IN SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS UNTIL 1963 WHEN HE WENT TO LONDON TO QUALIFY FOR THE BAR. HE WAS CALLED TO THE BAR OF MIDDLE TEMPLE IN 1965. HE BECAME ASSISTANT CROWN COUNSEL IN THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT IN 1966 AND CROWN COUNSEL IN 1969. HE WAS APPOINTED MAGISTRATE IN 1973 AND PRESIDING OFFICER OF THE LABOUR TRIBUNAL IN 1978. HE HAS SAT AS TEMPORARY ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.

JUDGE YANNE WAS BORN IN HONG KONG IN 1922 AND EDUCATED AT KING'S COLLEGE, ST. STEPHEN'S COLLEGE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG. HE WAS ADMITTED AS A SOLICITOR IN HONG KONG IN 1962. HE SPENT SOME YEARS IN PRIVATE PRACTICE UNTIL HE JOINED THE JUDICIARY AS A MAGISTRATE IN 1972. HE WAS APPOINTED PRINCIPAL MAGISTRATE IN 1977. HE HAS SAT AS TEMPORARY ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.

JUDGE GALL WAS BORN IN AUSTRALIA IN 1942. HE WAS ADMITTED AS A BARRISTER AND SOLICITOR OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA IN 1966. HE WAS IN PRIVATE PRACTICE IN AUSTRALIA UNTIL 1973 WHEN HE JOINED THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AS CROWN COUNSEL IN THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT. WAS PROMOTED SENIOR CROWN COUNSEL IN 1976 AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL CROWN COUNSEL IN MARCH 1981.

JUDGE MOYLAN WAS BORN IN AUSTRALIA IN 1939 AND EDUCATED AT ST. JOSEPH'S COLLEGE, BRISBANE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND. HE WAS ADMITTED AS A BARRISTER IN 1963. HE SPENT SEVERAL YEARS IN THE OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR GENERAL, BRISBANE, BEFORE JOINING THE JUDICIARY IN HONG KONG AS A MAGISTRATE IN 1973. HE WAS PROMOTED SENIOR MAGISTRATE IN 1979. HE HAS SAT AS TEMPORARY ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.

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/JUDGE DAILY