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Transcript of CS's media session

Following is the transcript of remarks (English) made to the media by the Chief Secretary, Mrs Anson Chan, outside the Central Government Offices today (Friday):

Question: (inaudible)

CS: Sir T L's resignation is of course his personal decision and as the Governor has said, we respect his decision. You all know that Sir TL has served in the Judiciary for the past 40 years. He's also been very active in a number of community services and his achievements both to the Judiciary and serving the community is a matter of record and I'm sure that the community would wish to express their appreciation of Sir T L's service these past 40 years. I wish him and Lady Yang every happiness and I hope everything goes smoothly for him.

Question: (inaudible)

CS: Well, Sir TL will be on leave. At the moment he is on leave but he also has some leave accumulated which he will take and on the expiry of that leave, his resignation takes effect. But he has also made it quite clear that he will not in fact be resuming active service as Chief Justice.

Question: (inaudible)

CS: Well, Justice Power will continue to act as Chief Justice and the Governor will clearly be given consideration to a successor but I'm sure he would wish among other things to take into account the desirability of this successor being able to straddle 1997.

Question: (inaudible)

CS: You'll be all quite sick and tire of my answer to this question but I'll repeat it. I said on numerous occasions that if circumstances permit I would like to continue to serve the people of Hong Kong. That's all. All right?

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