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SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1989

LEGAL DEPT OFFICERS AWARDED LONG SERVICE CERTIFICATES * * * * * *

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SIX OFFICERS WHO HAD CHALKED UP 150 YEARS OF SERVICE IN LEGAL DEPARTMENT WERE AWARDED LONG SERVICE CERTIFICATES PRESENTATION CEREMONY HELD DURING THE DEPARTMENT'S SPRING DINNER.

TOPPING THE LONG SERVICE LIST WAS 83-YEAR-OLD LAWYER, MR BOTELHO, WHO HAD SERVED IN THE DEPARTMENT FOR 44 YEARS.

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HE FIRST JOINED THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS IN 1845 A9 AN ASSISTANT CROWN COUNSEL AND ROSE ΤΟ THE RANK OF PRINCIPAL CROWN COUNSEL WHEN HE REACHED RETIREMENT AGE IN 1967.

HE WAS RE-APPOINTED CROWN COUNSEL IN 1968 TO START ANOTHER 21 YEARS OF VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEPARTMENT IN UPDATING THE LAWS OF HONG KONG.

DURING THE

CEREMONY HELD LAST (FRIDAY) NIGHT, THE ACTING

ATTORNEY GENERAL, MR JAMES BID FAREWELL TO MR BOTELHO.

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FIVE OTHER OFFICERS WHO HAD EACH BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS, JOINTLY SERVING A TOTAL OF 106 YEARS, WERE ALSO AWARDED WITH LONG SERVICE CERTIFICATES.

THEY WERE PRINCIPAL CROWN COUNSEL, MR BRIAN CLANCY; DEPUTY PRINCIPAL CROWN COUNSEL, MR CHAN SHU-YING; SENIOR CROWN COUNSEL, MR TONY YEN; SENIOR COURT PROSECUTOR, MR TANG MING-WAI; AND LAW CLERK, MR LAU YUK-TONG.

SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDY AT UNITED WORLD COLLEGES

A LIMITED NUMBER OF ORGANISATIONS WILL BE OFFERED MATRICULATION COURSE LEADING TO SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR.

SCHOLARSHIPS DONATED BY LEADING ΤΟ LOCAL STUDENTS FOR A TWO-YEAR THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE IN

THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE IS RECOGNISED FOR UNIVERSITY ENTRY PURPOSES IN HONG KONG AND 1N MOST OTHER COUNTRIES INCLUDING BRITAIN AND CANADA.

THE SCHOLARSHIPS ARE TENABLE AT ATLANTIC COLLEGE IN BRITAIN. STATES PEARSON COLLEGE IN CANADA, AMERICAN WEST COLLEGE IN THE UNITED AND ADRIATIC COLLEGE IN ITALY.

THE UNITED WORLD COLLEGES RESIDENTIAL COLLEGES ESTABLISHED UNDERSTANDING THROUGH EDUCATION.

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