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MIPT: LETTER FROM JUSTICE JACKSON-LIPKIN TO SECRETARY OF STATE:

OVERSEAS RECRUITMENT TO THE HONG KONG CIVIL SERVICE

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TEXT OF NCNA DIRECTOR'S ADDRESS IS AS FOLLOWS:

RESPECTED SIR DENYS

RESPECTED MR THOMAS

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN

IT IS A GREAT PLEASURE FOR ME TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY OF

MEETING THE EXPERTS FROM THE JUDICIAL CIRCLE AND HAVING A CORDIAL

CHAT WITH ALL OF YOU.

FOLLOWING MR THOMAS' VISIT TO CHINA IN SEPTEMBER, THE

CHIEF JUSTICE SIR DENYS ROBERTS AND HIS GROUP OF TEN HAS RECENTLY

VISITED BEIJING, XIAN AND GUANGZHOU. THESE VISITS ARE

UNDOUBTEDLY HELPFUL TO PROMOTING THE EXCHANGES AND THE

UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE JUDICIAL CIRCLES OF HONG KONG AND

INTERIOR OF CHINA. SINCE THE JUDGES OF FOREIGN NATIONALITY MAKE

UP A CONSIDERABLE PROPORTION IN THE JUDICIAL CIRCLE, I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT MORE JUDGES OF FOREIGN NATIONALITY BE INVITED TO

VISIT VARIOUS PARTS OF CHINA NEXT YEAR. THEREFORE, I MAY SAY THAT THE GATHERING TONIGHT MAY SERVE AS THE BEGINNING OF OUR FURTHER

INTERCOURSE.

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