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GOVERNOR TO VISIT LONDON
MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1987
TO 22.
THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, WILL VISIT LONDON FROM JULY 20
THIS WILL BE HIS FIRST VISIT SINCE HE TOOK GOVERNOR ON APRIL 9.
UP HIS DUTIES A9
HE AND LADY WILSON WILL THEN HAVE A SHORT TO RETURN TO HONG KONG ON AUGUST 12.
HOLIDAY. THEY PLAN
NUMBER OF FOREIGN LAWYERS ON THE RISE
HONG
THERE IS A SMALL BUT GROWING NUMBER OF FOREIGN LAWYERS IN KONG, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, MR MICHAEL THOMAS, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
MEETING
OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF
A BECOME
MAJOR
FOR CENTRE
FOR COMMERCE,
BANKING, FINANCING,
SPEAKING AT THE LUNCHEON VICTORIA, MR THOMAS SAID HONG KONG HAD REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT AND TRADE.
THIS HAD CREATED A NEW DEMAND FOR SOPHISTICATED LEGAL SERVICES, SUCH SELF-SUFFICIENT COMMUNITY, BEYOND THE RANGE OF LEGAL WORK IN A
BUYING AND SELLING PROPERTY, AS REPRESENTATION AT CRIMINAL TRIALS, SETTLING FAMILY AFFAIRS, INHERITANCE AND SO ON.
THE NEW DEMANDS WERE FOR LAWYERS TO SYNDICATION, PROJECT FINANCE, BOND
PLANS,
CONSTRUCTION DEALS AND THE LIKE.
TECHNOLOGY
ISSUES, TRANSFER,
ADVISE ON REGIONAL LOAN CROSS-BORDER LARGE-SCALE CORPORATE MULTI-NATIONAL
MR THOMAS SAID HONG KONG HAD RESPONDED IN NEW DEMANDS.
THREE WAYS ΤΟ THE
ESTABLISHED FIRMS RAPIDLY EXPANDED, FIRST, SOME OF THE LONG RECRUITED OVERSEAS STAFF, FORMED ASSOCIATIONS WITH OVERSEAS LAW FIRMS,
NEW PROBLEMS THAT AND LEARNED THEIR WAY THROUGH THE BROUGHT TO THEM.
THEIR
CLIENTS
WHOSE
SECOND, BARRISTERS AND SOLICITORS FROM ENGLAND AND WALES
IN HONG QUALIFICATIONS GAVE THEM THE RIGHT TO PRACTISE HERE, ARRIVED KONG TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE EXPANDING MARKET FOR LEGAL SERVICES, SAID.
HE
THERE ARE
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