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MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 1989

BENEFIT FROM

COMPLAINTS.

PUBLIC HIS

WE

-

WISH

ΤΟ "BUT THIS CITY WILL CONTINUE MINDEDNESS AS A COMMISSIONER FOR ADMINISTRATIVE HIM WELL IN THIS IMPORTANT POST, HE SAID.

THE CHIEF JUSTICE SAID THAT BY ANY STANDARDS, HONG JUSTIFIABLY BE PROUD OF THE JUDICIARY WHICH HE HAD TO HEAD.

KONG

MAY

THE GREAT HONOUR

"WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE A JUDICIARY WHOSE COMPETENCE,

THE RESPECT INTEGRITY AND EFFICIENCY HAVE, OVER MANY DECADES, EARNED

OF AND CONFIDENCE NOT ONLY

HONG KONG RESIDENTS BUT ALSO OF THE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS WORLD.

TH

HE SAID THAT THOSE WHO HAD FALLEN SHORT OF THE HIGH STANDARDS

WERE EXPECTED OF THAT THEY SET FOR THEMSELVES AND

THEM, *ERE BUT EXCEPTIONS.

HE EMPHASISED THAT IN THE DISCHARGE OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITY

DID SOME 153 JUDICIAL OFFICERS ALL

THEIR WORK CONSCIENTIOUSLY AND QUIETLY, LARGELY UNNOTICED BY THE PUBLIC AND UNREPORTED BY THE PRESS.

"I NEED MAKE NO APOLOGY FOR SELF-CONGRATULATION, BECAUSE IT IS ONLY RIGHT THAT CREDIT BE GIVEN WHERE IT IS DUE.

THE

THE AT THE END OF HIS ADDRESS,

CHIEF JUSTICE EXPRESSED HIS MOST SINCERE GRATITUDE TO ALL

JUDGES AND MAGISTRATES, TO THE REGISTRARS AND THE MASTERS, ΤΟ ALL THE

AND PRESIDING OFFICERS CORONERS, AND TO ALL THE SUPPORTING STAFF IN THE JUDICIARY.

ATTORNEY

THE ALSO SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY WERE

MR GENERAL, HONG KONG BAR JEREMY MATHEWS; THE CHAIRMAN OF THE

ASSOCIATION, MR OF THE LAW ROBERT TANG; AND THE PRESIDENT

SOCIETY OF HONG KONG,

MR SIMON IP.

THE THE CEREMONIAL OPENING OF

LEGAL YEAR ORGANISED BY THE

WAS JUDICIARY

WELL ATTENDED BY JUDGES, MEMBERS OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION, HEADS OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER DIGNITARIES.

AT

IT BEGAN WITH A CHURCH SERVICE AT ST JOSEPH'S CHURCH AT WHICH THE BISHOP OF HONG

JOHN CARDINAL OFFICIATED.

KONG,

BAPTIST

4 PM, WU,

THE CHIEF JUSTICE INSPECTED A GUARD OF HONOUR PROVIDED DRAGON COMPANY OF THE HONG KONG MILITARY SERVICE CORPS WITH EDINBURGH PLACE THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S ROYAL REGIMENT AT THE AFTERNOON.

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

BY THE

MUSIC BY LATER IN

THE CONCERT HALL

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