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FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1991
APPOINTMENTS TO THE HIGH COURT
THE JUDICIARY ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY) THE APPOINTMENTS OF THREE HIGH COURT JUDGES. THEY ARE MR BRIAN RICHARD KEITH, QC, JUDGE DAVID JOHN LEONARD AND JUDGE ARTHUR LEONG SHIV-CHUNG.
THE APPOINTMENTS OF MR KEITH AND JUDGE EFFECT FROM SEPTEMBER 2, 1991 AND SEPTEMBER 12, THAT OF JUDGE LEONG WILL BE EFFECTIVE FROM A ANNOUNCED IN DUE COURSE.
LEONARD WILL TAKE 1991 RESPECTIVELY. LATER DATE TO
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MR KEITH WAS BORN IN APRIL 1944. HE WAS EDUCATED AT UNIVERSITT COLLEGE SCHOOL, LONDON, AND LINCOLN COLLEGE, OXFORD. HE WAS A JOHN KENNEDY FELLOW IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AT HARVARD LAW SCHOOL FROM 1966 TO 1967. HE WAS CALLED TO THE BAR AT INNER TEMPLB IN 1968.
FROM 1969 TO PRESENT, MR KEITH HAS BEEN IN PRIVATE PRACTICE LONDON WHERE HIS WORK HAS BEEN MAINLY CIVIL. HE WAS APPOINTED SILK 1989 AND HAS SAT AS ASSISTANT RECORDER SINCE 1988.
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JUDGE LEONARD WAS BORN IN ENGLAND IN 1937 AND ATTENDED MAGDALENE COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE WHERE HE OBTAINED HIS DEGREE IN 1959.
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IN 1971 HE ENTERED PRIVATE PRACTICE AND REMAINED THERE UNTIL 1977 WHEN HE WAS APPOINTED MAGISTRATE IN HONG KONG. IN 1981 HE WAS APPOINTED TO THE DISTRICT COURT.
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AND JUDGE LEONG WAS BORN IN HONG KONG IN 1936 THE BAR IN ENGLAND IN 1965. THE FOLLOWING YEAR HE JOINED THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT IN HONG KONG AS ASSISTANT CROWN COUNSEL.
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HE WAS PROMOTED TO CROWN COUNSEL IN 1969 AND REMAINED IN THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT UNTIL 1973 WHEN HE WAS APPOINTED MAGISTRATE. 1978 HE WAS APPOINTED PRESIDING OFFICER OF THE LABOUR TRIBUNAL AND 1982 AS A DISTRICT JUDGE.
NEW MTRC BOARD DIRECTOR APPOINTED
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THE GOVERNOR HAS APPOINTED MR DAVID W. GAIRNS TO THE BOARD OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS FROM SEPTEMBER 1 THIS YEAR.
MR GAIRNS IS A CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT AND WAS FORMERLY SENIOR PARTNER OF KPMG PEAT MARWICK.
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