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MDHIAN 7135

CONFIDENTIAL

STAFF IN CONFIDENCE

FM HONG KONG

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 1534

OF 290315Z SEPTEMBER 93

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27 SEP 1993

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SOPY

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MY TELNO 1533: CHIEF JUSTICE: PRESS RELEASE.

FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF THE PROPOSED PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT TO BE MADE ON 5 OCTOBER:

"HONG KONG CHIEF JUSTICE'S TERM OF OFFICE TO BE EXTENDED

FOR TWO YEARS.'

THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (5 OCTOBER) THAT THE SERVICE OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR TI LIANG YANG, WILL BE EXTENDED FOR TWO YEARS WHEN HIS PRESENT TERM EXPIRES ON 29 JUNE

1994.

SIR TI LIANG WAS APPOINTED CHIEF JUSTICE OF HONG KONG ON 15

MARCH 1988.

'I AM VERY PLEASED TO REMAIN AS CHIEF JUSTICE FOR AN

ADDITIONAL TWO YEARS AND I SHALL CONTINUE TO DO MY VERY BEST SERVE THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG', SIR TI LIANG SAID.

SIR TI LIANG WAS BORN ON 30 JUNE 1929 IN SHANGHAI AND WAS EDUCATED AT SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL, SHANGHAI, FROM 1946 TO 1949. HE CONTINUED HIS EDUCATION IN HONG KONG UNIVERSITY AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON. HE OBTAINED HIS LL.B (HON) IN 1953 AND WAS CALLED TO THE BAR IN 1954.

SIR LI LIANG'S CAREER IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE BEGAN WITH HIS APPOINTMENT AS A MAGISTRATE IN 1956. HE WAS APPOINTED SENIOR MAGISTRATE IN 1963 AND PROMOTED TO DISTRICT JUDGE IN 1968. IN 1975, HE WAS ELEVATED TO THE HIGH COURT. IN 1980, HE WAS APPOINTED JUSTICE OF APPEAL, AND IN 1987 BECAME VICE-PRESIDENT OF THAT COURT.

SIR TI LIANG WAS AWARDED HON LL.D BY THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG IN 1984 AND BY HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC IN 1992. HE WAS MADE AN HON.BENCHER, GRAY'S INN IN 1988. HE WAS HON.

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