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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17,1987

AG'S CHAMBERS INCREASED IN SIZE AND SCOPE

LARGEST

LAW

GENERAL,

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS IS NOW ONE OF THE

THE ACTING SOLICITOR

OFFICES UNDER ONE ROOF IN THE WORLD, MR FRANK STOCK, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

ROTARY CLUB OF

THE SECTOR,

HONG ATTORNEY

THE

MR STOCK TOLD A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE KONG THAT LIKE ITS COUNTERPARTS IN THE PRIVATE GENERAL'S CHAMBERS HAD INCREASED BOTH IN SIZE AND IN THE SCOPE OF WORK UNDERTAKEN.

TODAY FIFTEEN YEARS AGO IT HAD 69 LAWYERS 10 YEARS AGO 84 AND

+ OF JURISDICTIONS INCLUDING A THERE WERE 248 LAWYERS FROM A VARIETY LARGE NUMBER OF LOCALLY QUALIFIED COUNSEL.

KONG'S GROWTH INTO HE SAID THAT HONG

A LEADING FINANCIAL, DECADE HAD CREATED AN COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL CENTRE IN THE PAST

ALSO INCREASED DEMAND FOR LEGAL AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. POPULATION WAS NOW BETTER EDUCATED TO THEIR RIGHTS IN LAW.

AS A RESULT MANY NEW LAW FIRMS, LOCAL AND FROM ABROAD, HAD UP OFFICES HERE.

NEED,

"IN THE SAME WAY THAT THE GROWTH IN THE NUMBER AND SIZE OF FIRMS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR HAD BEEN A RESPONSE TO A PUBLIC TOO HAVE WE RESPONDED TO NEW DEMANDS.

THE

SET

LAW

SO

"LITIGATION TO WHICH

GOVERNMENT IS A

PARTY

HAS

AND

INCREASED; GOVERNMENT

AND SOUND

CRIME HAS BECOME MORE SOPHISTICATED AND MORE COMPLEX; DEPARTMENTS MORE FREQUENTLY REQUIRE THE PROVISION OF SWIFT LEGAL SERVICES, HE SAID.

I

IN THE SIZE OF THE CHAMBERS, AS A RESULT THE GROWTH

THE GROWTH AREAS OF THE WORK UNDERTAKEN, HAS MIRRORED NEEDS OF, THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

AND IN THE

IN. AND THE

CHAMBERS:

GENERAL'S

ATTORNEY SPEAKING ON THE TOPIC "A MODERN

ΤΟ THE MISCONCEPTION, MYTH AND REALITY", MR STOCK SOUGHT TO PUT PAY

PROSECUTE HELD BY SOME, THAT THE SOLE FUNCTION OF THE CHAMBERS WAS TO CRIMINAL CASES.

IN REALITY THE WORK OF THE CHAMBERS WAS FAR MORE VARIED.

DIVISION

HE SAID OF COURSE THE 124 COUNSEL IN THE PROSECUTIONS PERFORMED A VITAL PUBLIC FUNCTION BUT THIS WAS JUST ONE ASPECT OF CHAMBERS' WORK.

THE

"JUST AS THE

MORE

ON THE WORK OF THE PROSECUTION DIVISION, HE SAID: COMMUNITY HAS BECOME BETTER EDUCATED, SO HAS THE CRIMINAL BECOME SOPHISTICATED; AND WE HAVE HAD TO TAILOR OUR RESPONSE ACCORDINGLY."

"THE LAWYER