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Governor on duty visit to UK
The Governor, the Rt Hon Christopher Patten, will depart for London tomorrow (Friday) on a duty visit to brief British ministers on the latest developments in Hong Kong.
The Governor will have separate meetings with Prime Minister John Major, Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind and officials at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
He will be the keynote speaker at the annual Trade Development Council dinner on October 22.
Mr Patten will also travel to Scotland to take part in a Hong Kong promotion on October 24 and October 25. He will deliver a keynote speech at a business conference in Edinburgh and address the Scottish Financial Enterprise annual dinner in Glasgow on October 24.
Mr Patten will officiate at the opening of a "City of Tomorrow" Exhibition at the Edinburgh City Arts Centre on October 25.
He will be back in Hong Kong on October 27.
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Rules on court documents translation to be gazetted
The Official Languages (Translation) Rules which provide for the admissibility of translation of documents written in English or Chinese in judicial proceedings will be published in the Gazette tomorrow (Friday).
Under the Official Languages (Amendment) Ordinance 1995 which was passed by the Legislative Council in July 1995, a judge (or a judicial officer) presiding over a court, as well as the lawyers representing the parties, can use either or both of the official languages.
It also preserves the right of parties and witnesses to use other languages.
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