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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1994

"WE ARE HELPING LOCAL INDUSTRIES THROUGH VARIOUS MEASURES, INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF $180 MILLION IN 1994/95 TO SUPPORT INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO HONG KONG'S INDUSTRIAL OR TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; ANOTHER $200 MILLION IN THE FORM OF LOANS OR EQUITY PARTICIPATION FOR APPLIED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; AND A TRAINING GRANT SCHEME TO ASSIST INDUSTRIES IN TRAINING THEIR

** SIR HAMISH SAID. EMPLOYERS IN NEW TECHNOLOGIES LOCALLY AND OVERSEAS,

POLICY

AND

AND

SIR HAMISH WAS BRIEFED BY MOTOROLA'S SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT

MANAGER (ASIA PACIFIC), MR C D TAM, GENERAL

ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF MOTOROLA IN HONG KONG.

HE

THE

OF

A

BUILDING

OF

THEN TOURED ROUND THE 326,000-SQUARE-FOOT FACTORY

AND TESTING

FULL RANGE DESIGN, ASSEMBLY SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTS WERE CONDUCTED.

WHERE

·

SIR HAMISH FIRST SAW THE COMPANY'S DESIGN TEAM AT WORK AT THE

(IC) CIRCUIT

DESIGN CENTRE. HE INTEGRATED

THEN VISITED THE IC AUTOMATIC ASSEMBLY AREA WHERE HE SAW DEMONSTRATIONS OF THE FRONT BACK END AND PLATING PROCESSES.

END,

AFTER TOURING THE IC TEST CENTRE, SIR HAMISH CONCLUDED THE TOUR A PAYING A VISIT TO THE CUSTOMER RESPONSIVENESS AREA WHERE HE SAW DEMONSTRATION ON VIDEO CONFERENCING.

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FOUR DISTRICT JUDGES APPOINTED

THE JUDICIARY ANNounced toDAY (FRIDAY) THE APPOINTMENT OF DISTRICT JUDGES THREE OF THEM PROMOTED FROM WITHIN THE JUDICIARY AND ONE FROM THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT. THE APPOINTMENTS WILL TAKE EFFECT FROM OCTOBER 3.

THE THREE JUDGES APPOINTED FROM WITHIN THE JUDICIARY MR GERARD MUTTRIE, MR FERGAL SWEENEY AND MISS BETTY KWAN KA-CHING. APPOINTEE FROM THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT IS MR MICHAEL ANTHONY MCMAHON.

ARE THE

MR MUTTRIE WAS BORN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IN 1943. НЕ WAS ADMITTED AS A SOLICITOR IN SCOTLAND IN 1966 AND AS A SOLICITOR IN ENGLAND IN 1979. BEFORE JOINING THE HONG KONG JUDICIARY AS A MAGISTRATE IN 1983, HE WAS IN PRIVATE PRACTICE IN THE UK AND HAD ALSO WORKED WITH THE MALAWI GOVERNMENT AS A MAGISTRATE. IN 1989, HE BECAME PRINCIPAL MAGISTRATE. HE WAS APPOINTED CHIEF MAGISTRATE IN 1991.

MR SWEENEY WAS BORN IN IRELAND IN 1950. HE WAS CALLED ΤΟ THE IRISH BAR IN 1974, THE ENGLISH BAR IN 1985 AND THE HONG KONG BAR IN 1987. HE JOINED THE HONG KONG JUDICIARY AS A MAGISTRATE IN 1985 AND BECAME PRINCIPAL MAGISTRATE IN 1991. HE WAS IN PRIVATE PRACTICE BEFORE JOINING THE JUDICIARY.

MISS KWAN WAS BORN IN HONG KONG IN 1944. SHE WAS CALLED TO THE BAR

IN 1981. BETWEEN 1983 AND 1987, SHE WAS IN PRIVATE PRACTICE. SHE WAS APPOINTED A MAGISTRATE IN 1987 AND BECAME PRINCIPAL MAGISTRATE IN 1993.

/MR MCMAHON