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Services Commission

role after 1997.

the

Report urges that the Judicial

carries on with its present advisory

It fails to appreciate that the

independent commission under Article 88 of the Basic Law after 1997 must be executive in function and not advisory.

Judiciary: appointment and recruitment to the High Court and Court of Final Appeal (Chapter X)

There are six conclusions and

Chapter-

recommendations

to

this

(1) The

maintenance of an independent judiciary in Hong Kong after 1997 is of the highest importance

both for the preservation of business confidence

and for the protection of human rights.

Comment:

Agreed

(2)

There is an urgent need to recruit local lawyers of ability and integrity to the bench and reduce the dependence of the bench on expatriate lawyers.

but this is proving difficult to

Comment : Agreed

implement.