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Legal Appointments

9.

The Governor reported that the Chief Justice had agreed to

stay on until 1996 and had signed up to a number of

administrative improvements. HKG would probably wish us to revive the bid to the Lord Chamberlain's Department for help

in finding judges (not only Judges of Appeal but also for the

Hong Kong High Court). He thought someone like Andrew Lee

might come over to consult.

ACTION HKD to pursue

Shengen/EC Visa Requirements

11. Mr Morris reported that we were proposing to lobby the 5

Shengen parties who currently did not require visas for Hong

Kong people not to impose this requirement (or at least not to

anticipate the common date). We would then address the

question of an EC common visa list, but as this took us into

Maastricht territory majority voting etc it was a complex

area. It was agreed that Mr Appleyard would be invited to

raise this with his fellow EC Political Directors on his

return from leave in mid-August.

CC:

PS/Mr Goodlad

Sir J Coles

Mr Hum

Mr Ricketts o.r.

PS/GH

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