Other examples were privatisation of the Chinese Bar and weaning of lawyers off the Ministry of Justice and the state, passage of the Lawyers' Law, to take effect in January next year, and publication of the China Law Reports, recording decisions of the Supreme People's Court, he said.
Officers of the Legal Department has participated as members of the Advisory Board for publication of the China Law Reports in English since 1995.
The China Law Unit also takes part in the comparative study and reception of common law principles in other ways such as the incorporation of Hong Kong jurisprudence and criminal procedure into the training curriculum of Chinese Government legal and law enforcement agencies.
Mr Fung said the China Law Unit was proud to have played a small but pivotal role in these ventures, which would incrementally though radically alter values, attitude and mindset leading, hopefully, to eventual indigenisation of the rule of law in China in anticipation of the coming of the Pacific Century.
A total of 2,500 copies of the journal have been printed and will be distributed within the Government, and to tertiary education institutions and law schools locally and overseas, as well as to government bodies and agencies in China.
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"Stay Safe" leaflet published
The Government has published a leaflet to advise members of the public on what they should or should not do in order to stay safe during natural disasters and emergencies.
A Government spokesman said today (Monday) that the leaflet also contained a list of useful telephone numbers of Government departments from which assistance could be sought during typhoon, rainstorm, thunderstorm, flooding, landslip, earthquake and nuclear incident.
Chinese version of the leaflet is now available for public collection at district offices. The English version is under preparation and will be available soon.
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