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NOTE TO EDITORS:

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1982

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PRESS CONFERENCE ON ROADS AND SLOPES

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THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT, MR HAROLD BEATON, WILL CHAIR A PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE GIS THEATRE, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, FIFTH FLOOR, AT 10 AM TOMORROW (THURSDAY).

THE PRESS CONFERENCE WILL TOUCH ON THE WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT, WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON ROADS AND SLOPES, DURING THE CURRENT RAINSTORMS.

ALSO PRESENT WILL BE THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER, DR E.W. BRAND THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT HIGHWAY ENGINEER, MR T.S. NG AND THE GOVERNMENT GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER, MR BERNARD LAM.

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QC FROM ENGLAND ADMITTED

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MR DESMOND KEANE, A Q.C. FROM ENGLAND, HAS BEEN ADMITTED TO LIVE IN HONG KONG AND PRACTICE AT THE HONG KONG BAR.

MR KEANE WAS ADMITTED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) AS A FULL MEMBER OF THE HONG KONG BAR BY THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR DENYS ROBERTS.

HIS ADMISSION WAS PROPOSED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, MR J.C. GRIFFITHS.

+ IT GIVES ME PARTICULAR PLEASURE TO PROPOSE THE ADMISSION OF MR KEANE BOTH BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN MY PUPIL MANY YEARS AGO AND ALSO BECAUSE OF HIS CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG, HE SAID.

+HIS FAMILY CONNECTIONS WITH THE LAW IN HONG KONG WERE CLOSE. HIS GRANDFATHER HAD BEEN CHIEF INTERPRETER TO THE SUPREME COURT FROM 1909 UNTIL 1920 AND HIS GREAT-GRANDFATHER HAD WORKED IN THE PRISON SERVICE FROM 1863 UNTIL 1897, WHEN HE RETIRED AS CHIEF TURNKEY (THE PREDECESSOR OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR CORRECTIONAL SERVICES).+

AT THE BAR IN ENGLAND, MR KEANE'S SPECIALITY WAS BUILDING AND TOWN PLANNING LAW.

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