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THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1992

AND HE WAS PROMOTED TO SENIOR CROWN COUNSEL THE FOLLOWING YEAR

ACTED IN 1980, HAVING

AS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL CROWN COUNSEL, WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF DEPUTY PRINCIPAL CROWN COUNSEL.

HE PLAYED A CONSIDERABLE CRIME AND EXTRADITION SECTION.

PART

IN DEVELOPING THE COMMERCIAL

MR STOCK WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF IN 1984, OCCUPYING THE POST OF DEPUTY CROWN QUEEN'S COUNSEL THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

PRINCIPAL CROWN COUNSEL

HE SOLICITOR.

WAS MADE

APPOINTED IN SEPTEMBER 1987, MR STOCK WAS IN 1989, HE WAS APPOINTED JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

SOLICITOR

GENERAL.

1991

HAS BEEN SITTING AS AND HAS BEEN HEARING

MR STOCK, WHO IS MARRIED WITH TWO SONS, DEPUTY HIGH COURT JUDGE SINCE SEPTEMBER CIVIL MATTERS ONLY.

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REGIMENT RECRUITMENT EXERCISE TO CLOSE SOON

(THURSDAY)

THE ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT (THE VOLUNTEERS) TODAY REMINDED ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS TO SEND IN THEIR APPLICATIONS EARLY BEFORE THE LAST RECRUITMENT EXERCISE CLOSES ON MAY 31.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE VOLUNTEERS SAID: "THE REGIMENT WILL BE DISBANDED BY SEPTEMBER 1995, HONG KONG'S YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE THIS LAST OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN THE REGIMENT AND EXPERIENCE FOR THEMSELVES THE SATISFACTION OF BELONGING ΤΟ ORGANISATION WHICH PROMOTES LEADERSHIP AND COMRADESHIP.

THIS YEAR, THE REGIMENT IS LOOKING FOR ABOUT 200 FEMALE RECRUITS.

A DISCIPLINED

MALE

AND 50

SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS WILL RECEIVE TRAINING IN BASIC MILITARY SKILLS, INCLUDING DRILL, HANDLING RIFLES, SUB-MACHINE

GUNS, AND USE OF VEHICLES AND ASSAULT BOATS.

TRAINING IN

MAP-READING,

-

FIRST AID AND

OPERATING RADIO

EQUIPMENT IS ALSO GIVEN.

"THIS NO DOUBT HELPS TO BUILD UP ONE'S PHYSIQUE AND CULTIVATE A MORE MATURE AND CAPABLE PERSONALITY.

"VOLUNTEERS WILL ALSO GAIN VALUABLE EXPERIENCE IN SUPERVISORY SKILLS, JUDGEMENT AND DECISION-MAKING,

HE SAID.

CARRIED

OUT ON

A SIX-MONTH TRAINING FOR NEW RECRUITS WILL BE FOUR EVENINGS AND ONE WEEKEND PER MONTH. THEY WILL ALSO HAVE то ATTEND TWO NINE-DAY TRAINING CAMPS BEFORE PASSING OUT.

/THE MAJORITY