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THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1994

WHICH REMAIN.

SIR HAD

ΤΙ LIANG TOLD THE DELEGATES THAT THE COMMON SERVED HONG KONG SO WELL FOR THE PAST

LAW SYSTEM, 150 YEARS, WOULD

JUDICIAL POWER

WILL

CONTINUE

TO EXERCISE

*THE COURTS INDEPENDENTLY, FREE FROM ANY INTERFERENCE.

LEGAL ACTION IN THEY WILL CONTINUE TO

"JUDGES WILL CONTINUE TO ENJOY IMMUNITY FROM THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR JUDICIAL FUNCTIONS. ENJOY SECURITY OF TENURE.

"AS SUCH, THEY SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO DUTIES WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOUR," HE SAID.

DISCHARGE THEIR

JUDGES

THE CHIEF JUSTICE ADDED THAT THE PRINCIPLE OF SELECTING ON THE BASIS OF THEIR JUDICIAL AND PROFESSIONAL QUALITIES, AS WELL INTEGRITY WOULD BE PRESERVED.

JUDGES

JURISDICTIONS

REMAIN.

WOULD

CONTINUE TO BE RECRUITED FROM OTHER BEYOND 1997 AND THE PRINCIPLE OF TRIAL BY

AS

COMMON LAW JURY WOULD

WOULD HONG

TO THE SINO-BRITISH SIR TI LIANG POINTED OUT THAT PURSUANT JOINT DECLARATION AND THE BASIC LAW, THE COURT OF FINAL APPEAL REPLACE THE JUDICIAL COMMITTER OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL, IN LONDON AS KONG'S HIGHEST APPELLATE BODY.

LEGAL

AND

"THIS IS JUST ABOUT ONE OF THE VERY FEW CHANGES TO HONG

RY MUCH

THE VERY DICTATED ONE SYSTEM

KONG'S

CHANGE

OF

SOVEREIGHTY.

"OUR ATM IS TO PUT THIS COURT IN PLACE BY MID-1996,'

..

HE SAID.

CASES OF LI CHILDREN CAREFULLY CONSIDERED

OF

A

WHILST ON THE ONE HAND, THE GOVERNMENT MUST CONSIDER CASES

ALSO IT MUST

STRIKE EMMIGRANT CHILDREN SYMPATHETICALLY, ILLEGAL BALANCE BETWEEN THE NEED TO DEAL IN A HUMANE WAY WITH APPEALS BUT ALSO SECRETARY, MRS ANSON DEAL EQUITABLY WITH ALL THE CASES, THE CHIEF CHAN, SAID THIS THURSDAY) AFTERNOON.

SPEAKING

URBAN SERVICES TO REPORTERS AFTER HER VISIT TO THE

WAS A VERY HATHO-TAK THE RETURN OF CHAN MRS

SAID DEPARTMENT, DIFFICULT DECISION FOR THOSE INVOLVED TO MAKE BUT THE GOVERNMENT HAD A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM ON ITS HAND.

"WK ESTIMATE THAT THERE ARE SOME 300,000 TO 400.000

MRS CHAN SAID. WHO HAVE A PARENT IN HONG KONG,

"

CHILDREN

CLEARLY, WE CANNOT ALLOW SUCH LARGE NUMBERS TO COME INTO KONG UNCHECKED.

/"WE'VE DEVISED

HONG