Hong Kong Bar Association

Circular No. 074/03

To : Members of the Bar Association

From : Andrew Mak - Hon. Secretary

Date : 1 September 2003

VEHICLE DROP-OFF AT WANCHAI TOWER

The Judiciary Administrator has written to inform members that in order to improve access by lawyers to the District Court, agreement has been sought from the Government Property Administrator and the Building Management Committee of the Wanchai Tower to permit private vehicles authorized by the Building Management office on their behalf to enter the upper basement of the Wanchai Tower for the purpose of dropping off and/or picking up lawyers.

The entry will be subject to the conditions annexed hereto. There shall be a trial run from 1 October to 31 December 2003 whereupon the arrangement will be reviewed.

Encl.

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PRACTICE DIRECTION - 19.2

Please find enclosed a copy of Practice Direction 19.2 on "Service of Documents by Post: Ordinary Course of Post" which has been signed by the Chief Justice on 23 August 2003 and shall come into force on 2 October 2003.

Encl.

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SPECIAL OFFER AND WILDY'S VISIT

Please be informed that a representative from Wildy & Sons Ltd will be visiting Hong Kong from 16 November till 30 November staying at the Wesley Hotel, and would be pleased to call by and see as many of you as possible.

Please note in anticipation of his visit he has encouraged Sweet & Maxwell to offer him a special price on the Hong Kong Law Reports.

Members can have a full collection of the Authorized Hong Kong Law Report & Digests and save more than 50% off the normal price.

For any further inquires please note the contact details, tel: (44) (0) 20 7242 5778, fax: (44) (0) 20 7430 0897 and e-mail enquiries@wildy.com.

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HONG KONG MARITIME LAW ASSOCIATION (HKMLA)

Please be informed that the new membership year for HKMLA commences on 1 September 2003. Members who are interested in joining the Association and require further details may visit their website at www.hkmla.org or contact HKMLA c/o Richard Butler at 2810 8008, fax 2810 1607 or email secretary@hkmla.org for membership form.

Also please find enclosed programme for the forthcoming Maritime Law Seminar to be held from 26 - 27 September 2003 at Miramar Hotel, Hong Kong.

For encl. please contact Rani Romani at 2869 0210.

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ISBP AND TRADE FRAUD WORKSHOP IN CHINA
13 & 14 October 2003, Hangzhou

The International Standard Banking Practice ("ISBP") and Trade Fraud Workshop course which was held on 13 & 14 March 2003 at Hainan Island will be repeated by the banking and business sectors, ICC-China and P.E.E.R. Consultancy Ltd in China with details as follow:

Date : 13 & 14 October 2003 (Monday & Tuesday)
Time : 9:00 am -5:00 pm
Venue : Shangri-la Hotel, Hangzhou, China
Speaker : Mr Fung King Tak, a trade finance lawyer and former Vice President & Head of Trade Finance of Bank of America CDCS : 12 PDU's

For further details, please visit their web site www.peer.com.hk. Please fill in the application form and send it together with the course fee directly to ICC-China.