Press Release

 

 

Monolingual Judges Attend Tsinghua Law Course

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The following is issued on behalf of the Judiciary:

Fifteen judges and judicial officers (JJOs) will depart for Beijing tomorrow (April 12) to attend a nine-day residential law course for monolingual JJOs at the Tsinghua University.

The course, co-organised by the Judicial Studies Board (JSB) of the Judiciary and the Tsinghua University, is one of the training programmes by the JSB aiming to enhance professional skills of judges as well as to promote cross fertilisation with other jurisdictions.

The Hon Mr Justice Bokhary, Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal and leader of the delegation said: "Hong Kong legal professionals including judges have mutually beneficial contacts with the colleagues of many different legal systems around the world.

"This visit is consistent with that, and it is of particular importance since the two systems are of the same country.

"It will also give the delegation an opportunity to meet the people and experience the culture of the capital city which is a city of utmost historical and contemporary significance," Mr Justice Bokhary said.

During the course, participants will be given an introduction on the PRC legal and judicial system and have the opportunity to visit the People's Supreme Court.

Other members of the delegation include the Hon Mr Justice Stuart-Moore and the Hon Mr Justice Keith, Justices of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of the High Court; the Hon Mrs Justice Bokhary and the Hon Mr Justice Sakhrani, Judges of the Court of First Instance of the High Court; HH Judge Longley, HH Judge Whaley, HH Judge Muttrie and HH Judge Sweeney, Judges of the District Court; Mr Michael Jenkins and Mr Garry Tallentire, Principal Magistrates; Mr Stephen Geiser, Ms Bina Chainrai, Ms Eda Nazarin and Mr Paul Kelly, Magistrates.

End/Tuesday, April 11, 2000

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