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"THOSE THAT ARE ELIGIBLE TO BE ADMITTED UNDER THE SCHEME IN THIS BILL WILL HAVE CONSIDERABLE EXPERIENCE IN GOVERNMENT LEGAL SERVICE,

"THOSE WHO ARE ADMITTED UNDER THIS SCHEME, WHILE A LOSS TO GOVERNMENT. WILL BE AN ASSET TO WHICHEVER BRANCH OF THE THEY JOIN.'

DETRACT

MR MATHEWS SAID THE AMENDMENTS WHICH HE AND THE HON WOULD BE MOVING AT THE COMMITTEE STAGE WOULD PHILOSOPHY.

NOT

PROFESSION

EDWARD HO FROM THIS

SET OUT ON THE AMENDMENTS, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAID THE BILL

WERE THE ONES A LIST OF COUNTRIES IN THE SCHEDULE. THOSE COUNTRIES

THAN (OTHER

THE UNITED KINGDOM) FROM WHICH, FOR MANY YEARS,

WORK EXPATRIATE LAWYERS HAD COME TO HONG KONG TO

IN THE GOVERNMENT

LEGAL SERVICE.

"THOSE COUNTRIES, TO WHICH I SHALL BE

STAGE, COMMITTEE

ADDING SINGAPORE, HAVE,

HONG LIKE STANDARDS OF LEGAL EDUCATION, HIGH STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL

OF LAWYERS AND A REPUTATION FOR PRODUCING

LAW

COUNTRIES INFLUENCE."

A WITH

STRONG COMMON

DURING HIGH CONDUCT HIGH QUALITY. THEY ARE CERTAINLY, OR, TRADITION

PROPOSING,

KONG,

HE WOULD NOT READILY CASE OF MALAYSIA WAS

HE SAID THE LIST WAS COMPREHENSIVE AND SEE THE NEED FOR IT TO BE EXTENDED THOUGH THE BEING EXAMINED.

TO

T HE

"BUT WERE WE TO PROPOSE SUCH AN EXTENSION, IT WOULD ONLY BE INCLUDE COUNTRIES THAT HAVE THE ATTRIBUTES I HAVE JUST MENTIONED, SAID.

LEGAL

CONSULTATION WITH THE MR MATHEWS SAID THAT DURING THE

ANXIETY SOME

WAS THE BILL,

EXPRESSED OVER THE PROFESSIONS OVER

THE COURT TO TAKE INTO ABSENCE OF ANY EXPRESS PROVISION REQUIRING

WHEN ADMITTING A

LAWYER FORMER ACCOUNT

IN UNDER THE GOVERNMENT LEGAL SERVICE, AS A BARRISTER OR AS A SOLICITOR SCHEME IN THE BILL.

THE

PUBLIC

HE EXPLAINED:

INTEREST

"THE BILL DID NOT CONTAIN SUCH AN EXPRESS THE COURT HAS A DISCRETION PROVISION, BECAUSE IT IS NOT NECESSARY.

IN EXERCISING THAT, AS WITH UNDER THE BILL AS TO SUCH ADMISSIONS.

PUBLIC INTEREST ANY OTHER JUDICIAL DISCRETION, CONSIDERATIONS OF THE ARE ALWAYS TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.

וי

MOVED AN

THE AMENDMENTS ON THE QUESTION OF EXAMINATIONS, ONE OF WAS TO REQUIRE THOSE SEEKING ADMISSION AS SOLICITORS TO UNDERTAKE EXAMINATION IN SOLICITORS' ACCOUNTS UNLESS OTHERWISE EXEMPTED.

WHICH "THIS AMENDMENT ACCEPTS A PROPOSAL FROM THE LAW SOCIETY,

MUST BE ABLE RECOGNISES THAT SOLICITORS, WHO HANDLE CLIENTS' MONEY,

SUFFICIENT TRAINING AND OBTAINED TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY HAVE HAD

MR MATHEWS SAID. QUALIFICATION IN SOLICITORS' ACCOUNTS,

/HE SAID