TNAG-2164-FCO40-3097-Judicial-arrangements-between-Hong-Kong-and-Brunei-1990 — Page 17

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Mr

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Pengiran Bahrin told me that his visit to Hong Kong had gone well. The Chief Justice had endorsed his idea of Intermediate Courts.

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2. Until their establishment, Sir Yang Ti Liang had agreed to continue to provide Judges on a visiting basis for the Supreme Court. For the Court of Appeal, the Chief Justice had undertaken to provide Pengiran Bahrin with a list of retiring Hong Kong Judges who were prepared to visit Brunei from time to time. Bruneians would engage a panel of these on contract, from whom the Court of Appeal could be assembled.

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This is an excellent development and should just keep us within the timeframe set by Ministers for the withdrawal of the Hong Kong Judges.

22 March 1990

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DH Colvin Esq SEAD, FCO

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