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Secretary of State
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The Hon Mr Justice Jackson-Lipkin
Supreme Court
HONG KONG
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Many thanks for your letter of 13 December.
good to see you again.
Christmas break.
It was
I hope that you had an enjoyable
I have certainly
tak en in what you said about
I do not think that it would be
overseas
recruitment.
right for me to enter into a comprehensive discussion on
this subject, but you may like to know that there is in
→
fact
no
ban
on
recruitment overseas
either
for
the
judiciary
or
the civil service.
Overseas officers are
continuing
to
be
recruited to fill posts
for which
no
suitable qualified
local
candidates
can be found.
You
will I am
have noticed sure
noticed the appointment
of Mr
J B
Mortimer QC as Judge of the High Court of Hong Kong as
recently as September.
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