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20 AUG 1984

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FROM HONG KONG 15185OZ AUG 94

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TELEGRAM NUMBER 2373 OF 15 AUGUS

INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING

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1. MONDAY 20 AUGUST WOULD SUIT US BETTER FOR AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE APPOINTMENTS, TO AVOID A CLASH WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT ON EXCO/LEGCO APPOINTMENTS ON 17 AUGUST. PRESUMABLY YOU WOULD WISH TO ANNOUNCE AT 201100Z: WE WOULD ANNOUNCE AT THE SAME TIME. GRATEFUL IN DUE COURSE FOR CONFIRMATION OF TIMING OF ANNOUNCEMENT AND FOR TEXT OF YOUR PROPOSED ANNOUNCEMENT.

2. BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS OF MR JUSTICE LI ARE

BORN: HONG KONG 19 APRIL 1922

MARRIED WITH 4 SONS AND 1 DAUGHTER

EDUCATED AT: KING'S COLLEGE, HONG KONG HONG KONG UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL KWANGSI UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON. CALLED TO BAR AT LINCOLN'S INN IN 1951.

CROWN COUNSEL, LEGAL DEPARTMENT, HONG KONG 1953-1965:

DISTRICT JUDGE 1966-1971:

APPOINTED JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT 1971.

APPOINTED JUSTICE OF APPEAL 1981.

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