TNAG-1922-FCO40-2727-Future-of-the-judiciary-in-Hong-Kong-1989 — Page 68

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ΤΟ ENABLE

FOREIGN

LAW FIRMS TO ΤΑΚΕ IN, AS

PARTNERS OR EMPLOYEES, HONG KONG SOLICITORS WHO

MAY PRACTISE HONG KONG LAW.

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID: "LAST YEAR WE

OUTLINED BROAD PRINCIPLES OF POLICY RELATING ΤΟ THE

ADMISSION AND CONTROL OF FOREIGN LAW FIRMS WITH A VIEW TO

CONSULTING

THE

IMPLEMENTATION.

LAW SOCIETY

ON

THE

DETAILS

OF

"SINCE SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR, THE GOVERNMENT HAS

HELD SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE LAW

SOCIETY, WHO HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT FOREIGN LAWYERS

WILL BE ABLE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, TO PRACTISE HONG KONG

LAW.

OUT

"THE CONSULTATIVE DOCUMENT PUBLISHED TODAY SETS

IN DETAIL THE GOVERNMENT'S SUGGESTED APPROACH ΤΟ

IMPLEMENTING

THESE POLICY PROPOSALS.

THE GOVERNMENT

BELIEVES THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN SET OUT IN THE DOCUMENT

CONTAINS

CONCERN.

SUFFICIENT SAFEGUARDS TO MEET THE LAW SOCIETY'S