Judiciary's response to media enquiries
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The following is issued on behalf of the Judiciary:

     Sing Tao Daily carried a report yesterday (October 24) on the wedding anniversary banquet of the Chairman of Emperor Group Mr Albert Yeung in Conrad Hotel, Admiralty, in which a photo of the Chief Justice taken at the hotel was carried.

     In response to media enquires on whether the  Chief Justice had attended the banquet, a spokesman for the Judiciary gave the following reply today (October 25):

     The Chief Justice was at the hotel that night attending a dinner with fellow judges.  He was neither invited nor did he attend any part of Mr Yeung's wedding anniversary banquet.

Ends/Sunday, October 25, 2015
Issued at HKT 20:59

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