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The Chief Executive has appointed Mr Kumar Ramanathan, Senior Counsel, as a member of the Judicial Officers Recommendation Commission for the period from August 4, 2012, to June 30, 2014, a Government spokesman announced today (August 17).
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), the Honourable Mr Justice Roberto Alexandre Vieira Ribeiro, the Honourable Mr Justice Andrew Cheung, Mr Wong Kwai-huen, Professor Joseph Sung, Mrs Eleanor Ling and Mr Christopher Cheng.
Ends/Friday, August 17, 2012
Issued at HKT 11:00
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