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The Government announced today (June 13) that the Chief Executive has appointed Mr Justice Robert Tang Ching and Mr Paul Shieh Wing-tai, SC, as members of the Judicial Officers Recommendation Commission.
The Chief Executive has also re-appointed Mr Justice Andrew Cheung Kui-nung and Mr Christopher Cheng Wai-chee as members of the Commission.
"The four members will serve for a two-year term, starting from July 1 this year, to June 30, 2016," a government spokesman said.
Mr Justice Roberto Alexandre Vieira Ribeiro and Mr Kumar Ramanathan, SC, serving members of the Commission, will retire from the Commission on June 30, 2014.
"We wish to express our gratitude to the two outgoing members for their invaluable advice they have rendered to the Commission during their terms of office," the spokesman said.
The function of the 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 Wong Kwai-huen, Professor Joseph Sung Jao-yiu and Mrs Eleanor Ling Lee Ching-man.
Ends/Friday, June 13, 2014
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