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CS hosts dinner for HKMAO Deputy Director
In response to press enquiries, a government spokesman confirmed that the Chief Secretary, Mrs Anson Chan, had invited Mr Chen Ziying, Deputy Director, Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, for a dinner at Victoria House this (Friday) evening.
It was an informal social occasion for a small gathering of friends including the Financial Secretary, Mr Donald Tsang.
July.
Mr Chen invited Mr and Mrs Chan for a dinner while they were in Beijing in
"It was only natural to reciprocate the hospitality," the spokesman said.
End/Friday, October 20, 1995
Legal system to remain unchanged after 1997: Solicitor General
The present legal system will remain unchanged after July 1997, as guaranteed in the Sino-British Joint Declaration and the Basic Law, the Solicitor General, Mr Daniel R Fung, QC, affirmed the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) in Geneva today (Friday, Geneva Time).
Speaking at the second day hearing of the Committee on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), Mr Fung said it was not anticipated that members of the Judiciary could not continue to remain in office after 1997.
Mr Fung also informed the Committee that English would remain in use in the executive legislature and judiciary in Hong Kong after 1997 and Chinese would progressively be used in courts in the run-up to 1997 and beyond.
He gave an outline of the use of Chinese in court programme, including the use of bilingual charge sheets in magistrate courts and district courts.
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