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MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1988

PETITION

IT CAME TO THE VIEW THAT THE ARGUMENTS SET OUT IN THE WERE "DIFFICULT TO SUSTAIN AND THAT IT CANNOT BE RIGHT IN PRINCIPLE FOR LAWYERS WHO ARE NOT QUALIFIED IN OUR SYSTEM OF LAW TO BE PERMITTED TO ADVISE ON AND PRACTISE HONG KONG LAW."

ON THE QUESTION OF WHETHER FOREIGN LAW FIRMS SHOULD BE FREE ADVISE ON THE LAW OF "THIRD" COUNTRIES THE

TO GOVERNMENT PROPOSES THAT FOREIGN LAWYERS SHOULD NOT BE PREVENTED FROM ADVISING ON THE LAW OF "THIRD" COUNTRIES.

EXPLAINING THE REASONING BEHIND THIS PROPOSAL, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE GOVERNMENT NOTED THAT THERE WERE NO RESTRICTIONS ON ANY LAWYER IN HONG KONG ADVISING ON THE LAW OF OTHER COUNTRIES.

"WE CAN SEE NO OVERWHELMING REASON WHY FOREIGN LAWYERS SHOULD BE PLACED IN ANY DIFFERENT POSITION FROM OTHER LAWYERS IN HONG KONG IN THIS RESPECT, HE SAID.

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JSEA RESULTS TO BE RELEASED TOMORROW

THE RESULTS OF THIS YEAR'S JUNIOR SECONDARY ASSESSMENT (JSEA) WILL BE RELEASED TOMORROW (TUESDAY).

EDUCATION

A TOTAL OF 55,438 SECONDARY 3 STUDENTS HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED AIDED SECONDARY 4 PLACES UNDER THE REVISED JSKA SYSTEM COMPARED WITH 54,364 LAST YEAR, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID.

A TOTAL OF 77,572 STUDENTS TOOK PART IN THIS YEAR'S JSIA. HE SAID.

AMONG THEM, 4,436 STUDENTS ACCEPTED POST-SECONDARY 3 CRAFT COURSES IN TECHNICAL INSTITUTES AND VARIOUS INDUSTRIAL TRAINING CENTRES IN THE NEW SCHOOL

YEAR. ANOTHER 1,435 STUDENTS OPTED OUT DURING THE YEAR.

OF THE REMAINING 71,701 STUDENTS, 77.3 PER CENT OR 56,438 STUDENTS WERE ALLOCATED AIDED SECONDARY 4 PLACES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

OF THE STUDENTS GIVEN AIDED SECONDARY 4 PLACES, 47,352 STUDENTS HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED BACK TO THEIR OWN SCHOOLS AND THE REMAINING 8,086 STUDENTS ALLOCATED TO OTHER SCHOOLS THROUGH CENTRAL ALLOCATION.

/IN ADDITION,