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CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT: SPEECH BY BAR ASSOCIATION CHAIRMAN: PRESS REPORTS.
1. REMARKS MADE BY THE BAR ASSOCIATION CHAIRMAN, JACQUELINE LEONG, QC, ON CHINESE THREATS TO START AFRESH AFTER 1997 ON THE JUDICIAL FRONT WERE CARRIED PROMINENTLY IN LOCAL PRESS TODAY (12 JANUARY). SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE NEW LEGAL YEAR YESTERDAY, MS.LEONG SAID LU PING'S THREATS IN HIS PRESS CONFERENCE ON 23 OCTOBER (PEKING TELNO 1473 OF 1992 REFERS) HAD 'CAST A LONG SHADOW OVER THE FUTURE OF THE CONTINUITY OF THE PRESENT JUDICIARY'. SHE WAS AFRAID THAT THE CHINESE THREATS WOULD JEOPARDISE THE PROSPECTS OF THE LOCALISATION OF THE JUDICIARY AND OF IT HAVING THE BEST AND MOST SUITABLE PEOPLE SERVING BEYOND 1997.
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MS.LEONG URGED HONG KONG PEOPLE TO STAND UP IN DEFENCE OF THEIR LEGITIMATE ENTITLEMENT UNDER THE JD AND THE BL, ADDING THAT THE LEGAL PROFESSION SHOULD NOT BE AFRAID TO DEFEND THE RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCES.
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