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MONDAY, JANUARY 11,

JANUARY 11, 1988

ALSO SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY WERE THE HONG MR MICHAEL THOMAS; THE CHAIRMAN OF MR DENIS CHANG; AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE LAW MR SIMON IP.

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, KONG BAR ASSOCIATION t SOCIETY OF HONG KONG,

THE CEREMONIAL OPENING OF THE LEGAL YEAR ORGANISED BY THE JUDICIARY WAS WELL ATTENDED BY JUDGES, MEMBERS OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION, HEADS OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER DIGNITARIES.

PM, IT BEGAN WITH A CHURCH SERVICE AT ST JOHN'S CATHEDRAL AT 4 WHICH WAS PRESIDED BY THE BISHOP OF HONG KONG, THE RT REV PETER KWONG.

BY THE EDINBURGH PLACE

THE CHIEF JUSTICE INSPECTED A GUARD OF HONOUR PROVIDED HONG KONG GUARD COMPANY OF THE BRITISH FORCES AT THE LATER IN THE AFTERNOON.

ADDRESSES THE INSPECTION WAS FOLLOWED BY THE HALL OF THE CITY HALL WHICH FINISHED AT ABOUT 6 PM.

IN THE CONCERT

I

AG PAYS TRIBUTE TO SIR DENYS

THE ATTORNEY

GENERAL,

MR

MICHAEL THOMAS, PAID

TRIBUTE ΤΟ AT THE

THE RETIRING CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR DENYS ROBERTS, TODAY (MONDAY} CEREMONIAL OPENING OF THE 1988 LEGAL YEAR.

ATTORNEY GENERAL, SIR DENYS HAD SERVED AS SOLICITOR CHIEF SECRETARY AND CHIEF JUSTICE.

GENERAL,

GOOD GOVERNANCE OF PRIDE ON THE IN 1962,"

"NO ONE EVER COULD HAVE DONE MORE FOR THE THIS TERRITORY. YOU HAVE EVERY CAUSE TO LOOK BACK WITH PHENOMENAL WAY HONG KONG HAS DEVELOPED SINCE YOU CAME HERE MR THOMAS SAID TO SIR DENYS.

"UNDER YOUR

DISTINGUISHED

CHIEF LEADERSHIP,

THESE JUSTICE, ABLE TO ATTRACT THE LAST BIGHT YEARS, THE BENCH OF JUDGES HAS BEEN

EFFECTIVELY OF THE TALENT, LEARNING, WISDOM AND PATIENCE TO DISPOSE LEGAL BUSINESS GENERATED BY AN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL COMMUNITY.

IT

AND THE FORMIDABLE RANGE OF CASES HAS CONTINUED RESPECT OF THE LEGAL PROFESSIONS WHO SAID.

WAY THE

JUDICIARY

AS

ITS A

THROUGH WHOLE GETS YEAR BY YEAR TO EARN THE ATTEND BEFORE

MR IT,"

THOMAS

SPEAKING OF THE JUDGES GENERALLY MR THOMAS SAID: "BY VIRTUE THEIR OFFICE, THEY MUST STAND APART FROM THE POLITICS OF THE TIME THE ARGUMENTS IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE FUTURE.

OF

AND

"BUT THEY