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RECONSTITUTION OF JUDICIAL SERVICE COMMISSION

COMMISSION

FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF THE JUDICIAL SERVICE (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE IN JULY, THE GOVERNOR HAS APPOINTED NOVEMBER AS THE DAY ON WHICH THE ORDINANCE SHALL COME INTO OPERATION.

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THE JUDICIAL SERVICE COMMISSION ADVISES THE GOVERNOR ON THE FILLING OF VACANCIES IN JUDICIAL OFFICES, REPRESENTATIONS FROM A JUDICIAL OFFICER CONCERNING CONDITIONS OF SERVICE AS MAY

BE REFERRED TO IT BY THE GOVERNOR AND ANY MATTER AFFECTING JUDICIAL OFFICERS WHICH MAY BE PRESCRIBED

WHICH THE GOVERNOR MAY REFER TO THE COMMISSION.

OR

THE ORDINANCE PROVIDES FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMISSION FROM SIX TO NINE, CONSISTING OF THREE MEMBERS OF THE JUDICIARY, INCLUDING THE CHIEF JUSTICE AS CHAIRMAN, TWO MEMBERS OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION, THREE LAY MEMBERS AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AS AN EX-OFFICIO MEMBER.

THE GOVERNOR HAS ALSO MADE THE FOLLOWING APPOINTMENTS ΤΟ RECONSITUTED COMMISSION, WITH EFFECT FROM NOVEMBER 26:

THE :

JUDGES

THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE JOHN JAMES RHIND, JUDGE OF HIGH COURT.

THE

THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE SYED KEMAL BOKHARY, JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT.

BARRISTER AND SOLICITOR

MR ANDREW LI KWOK-NANG, A BARRISTER AND A CURRENT MEMBER OF THE JUDICIAL SERVICE COMMISSION.

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MR LARRY KO SAI-KIT OF LO AND LO, A SOLICITOR AND A MEMBER OF THE JUDICIAL SERVICE COMMISSION.

CURRENT

LAY MEMBERS

MR ROBERT KWOK CHIN-KUNG OF JARDINE MATHESON HOLDINGS LIMITED. MR KWOK WAS A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION FROM 1984 UNTIL LAST MONTH.

MR JOSEPH E. HOTUNG, A PRIVATE INVESTOR AND A MEMBER OF UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG COUNCIL.

THE

MR YEUNG KA-SING OF WARDLEY LIMITED, A PERSONNEL MANAGER AND A MEMBER OF THE HONG KONG HOUSING AUTHORITY ESTABLISHMENT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE AND OF THREE TRIBUNALS.

ALL THE MEMBERS WILL SERVE A TERM OF TWO YEARS EXCEPT MR ANDREW LI, WHO WILL SERVE UNTIL DECEMBER 31, 1991, WHEN BUT FOR THE RECONSTITUTION OF THE JSC HIS PRESENT APPOINTMENT WOULD HAVE EXPIRED.

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