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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1993

CHIEF JUSTICE'S TERM OF OFFICE TO BE EXTENDED FOR TWO YEARS

THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT THE SERVICE THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR TI LIANG YANG, WILL BE EXTENDED FOR TWO WHEN HIS PRESENT TERM EXPIRES ON JUNE 29, 1994.

OF

YEARS

SIR TI LIANG WAS APPOINTED CHIEF JUSTICE OF HONG KONG ON MARCH 15, 1988.

"I AM VERY PLEASED TO REMAIN AS CHIEF JUSTICE FOR AN ADDITIONAL TWO YEARS AND I SHALL CONTINUE TO DO MY VERY BEST TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG," SIR TI LIANG SAID.

SIR ΤΙ LIANG WAS BORN ON JUNE 30, 1929 IN SHANGHAI AND WAS EDUCATED AT SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL, SHANGHAI, FROM 1946 ΤΟ 1949.

AND

HE CONTINUED HIS EDUCATION IN HONG KONG UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON. HE OBTAINED HIS LL.B (HON) IN 1953 AND WAS CALLED TO THE BAR IN 1954.

SIR TI LIANG'S CAREER IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE BEGAN WITH HIS APPOINTMENT AS A MAGISTRATE IN 1956. HE WAS APPOINTED SENIOR MAGISTRATE IN 1963 AND PROMOTED TO DISTRICT JUDGE IN 1968. IN 1975, HE WAS ELEVATED TO THE HIGH COURT. IN 1980, HE WAS APPOINTED JUSTICE OF APPEAL, BECOMING VICE-PRESIDENT OF THAT COURT IN 1987.

SIR TI LIANG WAS AWARDED HON LL.D BY THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY HONG KONG IN 1984 AND BY HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC IN 1992. HE WAS AN HON BENCHER, GRAY'S INN IN 1988. HE WAS FELLOW UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON IN 1989 AND RECEIVED ORDER OF FIRST CLASS, IN BRUNEI IN 1990 (SPMB). HE WAS AWARDED HON THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY IN 1991.

OF MADE

OF THE CHIVALRY, DLITT

BY

AMONGST OTHER OFFICES, HE IS THE PATRON OF THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF ARBITRATORS (HONG KONG BRANCH); PATRON OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS, HONG KONG; HON PRESIDENT OF THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG, SOCIETY AGAINST CHILD ABUSE, THE HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR THE AGED; AND CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY COUNCIL. HE WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE FROM 1981 TO 1984.

SIR TI LIANG IS MARRIED WITH TWO SONS.

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NO BEDSPACE LODGERS WILL BE HOMELESS: SHA

THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL SUEN, (TUESDAY) GAVE ASSURANCE THAT NO BEDSPACE LODGERS AFFECTED IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BEDSPACE APARTMENTS BILL WOULD BE HOMELESS.

MR SUEN SAID THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT (SWD) WOULD THOSE AGED 60 AND ABOVE OR THOSE WHO ARE DISABLED COMPASSIONATE REHOUSING INTO PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES OR INTO AND OTHER WELFARE INSTITUTIONS.

/HE WAS

TODAY

BY THE RENDERED

REHOUSE THROUGH ELDERLY