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The Government announced today (June 18) that the Chief Executive has re-appointed the Honourable Mr Justice Roberto Alexandre Vieira Ribeiro, the Honourable Mr Justice Louis Tong Po-sun and Dr Edgar Cheng Wai-kin as members of the Judicial Officers Recommendation Commission.
"The three members will serve for a two-year term, starting from July 1, 2010, to June 30, 2012," a government spokesman said.
The function of the Judicial Officers Recommendation Commission is to advise or make recommendations to the Chief Executive regarding the filling of vacancies in judicial offices, representations from a judicial officer concerning conditions of service referred to it by the Chief Executive, and any matter affecting judicial officers which may be prescribed or which the Chief Executive may refer to it.
Other members of the Commission are the Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal (ex-officio chairman), the Secretary for Justice (ex-officio member), Mr Rimsky Yuen Kwok-keung, Mr Michael John Lintern-Smith, Professor Tsui Lap-chee and Dr Rosanna Wong Yick-ming.
Ends/Friday, June 18, 2010
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