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Speeches by the Secretary for Justice Speeches
by Law Officers Articles by the Secretary for Justice Articles
by Law Officers Articles on Consultation Document on
Proposals to implement Article 23 of the Basic Law Press
Releases Other Papers Speeches
by the Secretary for Justice A Statement by the Secretary for Justice
- The case of Mr Anthony Leung Kam-chung - Please click here
to read the full text of the speech. Speech by the Secretary
for Justice, Ms Elsie Leung, at the opening ceremony of the 23rd Asian and Pacific
Conference of Correctional Administrators on Monday, 8 December 2003 - Please
click here
to read the full text of the speech. Speech by the Secretary
for Justice, Ms Elsie Leung, at a luncheon organised by the Hong Kong-Canada Business
Association (Vancouver), the Canadian Club and the Hong Kong Economic and Trade
Office in Vancouver on Thursday, 20 November 2003 - Please click here
to read the full text of the speech. Speech by the Secretary
for Justice, Ms Elsie Leung, at a luncheon organised by the Canadian Club, the
Hong Kong-Canada Business Association (Toronto), the Hong Kong Economic and Trade
Office and Hong Kong Trade Development Council, in Toronto on Wednesday, 19 November
2003 - Please click here
to read the full text of the speech. Speech by the Secretary
for Justice, Ms Elsie Leung, at the Seminar on Cooperation and Exchange between
Beijing and Hong Kong Lawyers held in Beijing on Friday, 24 October 2003
- Please click here
to read the full text of the speech. Opening Remarks by the Secretary
for Justice, Ms Elsie Leung, at the "International Dispute Resolution" Conference
on Monday, 20 October 2003 - Please click here
to read the full text of the speech. Speech by the Secretary
for Justice, Ms Elsie Leung, in a motion debate calling for the Chief Executive
to resign in the Legislative Council on Wednesday, 8 October 2003 - Please
click here
to read the full text of the speech. Keynote address by the Secretary
for Justice, Ms Elsie Leung, at "Law and Language in International Arbitration"
at the City University of Hong Kong on Thursday, 2 October 2003 - Please
click here
to read the full text of the speech. Speech by the Secretary
for Justice, Ms Elsie Leung, at Internet Law Symposium on Friday, 26 September
2003 - Please click here
to read the full text of the speech. Speech by the Secretary
for Justice, Ms Elsie Leung, at the Congress on the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification
of China by the Chinese People Worldwide in Moscow on Wednesday, 10 September
2003 - Please click here
to read the full text of the speech. Speech by the Secretary
for Justice, Ms Elsie Leung, in a motion debate on the Appeal by the Hon Lee Cheuk-yan
to the people of Hong Kong to take part in lst July march to oppose the enactment
of legislation to implement Article 23 of the Basic Law in the Legislative Council
on Wednesday, 25 June, 2003 - Please click here
to read the full text of the speech. Speech by the Secretary
for Justice, Ms Elsie Leung, in the Resumption of the Second Reading of the Evidence
(Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2002 in the Legislative Council on Wednesday,
25 June 2003 - Please click here
to read the full text of the speech. Speech by the Secretary
for Justice, Ms Elsie Leung, in the motion debate calling for the resignation
of the Chief Executive in the Legislative Council on Wednesday, 14 May, 2003
- Please click here
to read the full text of the speech. Opening Statement by the
Secretary for Justice, Ms Elsie Leung, at LegCo Finance Committee Special Meeting
to examine the Estimates of Expenditure 2003-04 on Tuesday, 25 March 2003
- Please click here
to read the full text of the speech. Speech by the Secretary
for Justice, Ms Elsie Leung, to move the second reading of the Law Amendment and
Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003 in the Legislative Council on Wednesday,
March 19, 2003 - Please click here
to read the full text of the speech. Speech by the Hon Elsie
Leung, Secretary for Justice at the Luncheon of the Rotary Club of Hong Kong on
11 February 2003 - Please click here
to read the full text of the speech. Motion Debate on the Chief
Executive's Policy Address: Speech by the Secretary for Justice, Ms Elsie Leung,
on Friday, 17 January 2003 - Please click here
to read the full text of the speech. The 2003 Policy Address
: Opening Statement by the Secretary for Justice, Ms Elsie Leung, at a meeting
of LegCo's Panel on Administration of Justice and Legal Services on Wednesday,
15 January 2003 - Please click here
to read the full text of the speech. Speech by the Secretary
for Justice, Ms Elsie Leung, at the Ceremonial Opening of the Legal Year 2003,
on Monday, 13 January 2003 - Please click here
to read the full text of the speech. Statement made by the Secretary
for Justice following the delivery of the Policy Address by the Chief Executive
on 8 January 2003 - Please click here
to read the full text of the statement.
Speeches by Law Officers Director
of Public Prosecutions A Statement by Mr I Grenville Cross, SC, JP,
Director of Public Prosecutions on 15 December 2003 - The Case of Mr. Antony Leung
Kam-chung - Please click here
to view the full text of the speech made by the DPP. Speech by
Mr I Grenville Cross, SC, JP, Director of Public Prosecutions, on " Cooperation
in the combat of terrorism and terrorist finance - an Asian perspective" at the
Plenary session on "Transnational Criminal Networks" of the 8th Annual Conference
and General Meeting of the International Association of Prosecutors at Washington,
DC, USA on Thursday, 14 August 2003. - Please click here
to view the full text of the speech made by the DPP. The Yearly
Review of the Prosecutions Division 2002 was released on 3 April 2003. This
is the fifth Yearly Review of the Prosecutions Division, and it highlights
the performance and activities of the Division in 2002. - Please click
here
to view the full text of the statement made by the DPP at the time of issue.
Solicitor General Speech by the Solicitor General, Mr Bob Allcock,
to the Presidents of Law Associations of Asia Conference on Thursday 20 November
2003. - Please click here
to view the full text of the speech made by the SG.
Articles by the Secretary for Justice In
response to 'The Crux of the Problem in Enacting Laws in Hong Kong : An Interview
with Legislator Audrey EU' - an article published in the August issue of the Hong
Kong Economic Journal Monthly - Ms Elsie Leung, Secretary for Justice
- Please click here
to read the full text of the article. Clarification on Department
of Justice's letter to Ms Lui Yuk-lin - Ms Elsie Leung, Secretary for Justice
- Please click here
to read the full text of the article. Oral reply by the Secretary
for Justice, Ms Elsie Leung, to the Hon Emily Lau's question in LegCo on February
19, 2003 - Please click here
to read the full text of the reply.
Articles by Law Officers Director
of Public Prosecutions Article entitled
'Antony Leung: No prosecution the right decision' by Mr I Grenville Cross,
SC, JP, Director of Public Prosecutions, published in SCMP on 19 December
2003.
Article entitled 'Prosecutors also have rights'
by Mr I Grenville Cross, SC, JP, Director of Public Prosecutions, published in
Hong Kong Lawyer in November 2003.
Article entitled 'Sentencing Celebrities &
Punishing Professionals' by Mr I Grenville Cross, SC, JP, Director of Public
Prosecutions, published in Hong Kong Lawyer in September 2003.
Solicitor General Protecting
National Security and Human Rights - Bob Allcock, Solicitor General
Articles on Consultation Document on Proposals to
implement Article 23 of the Basic Law Speech
by the Secretary for Justice, Ms Elsie Leung, in a motion debate on the Appeal
by the Hon Lee Cheuk-yan to the people of Hong Kong to take part in lst July march
to oppose the enactment of legislation to implement Article 23 of the Basic Law
in the Legislative Council on Wednesday, 25 June, 2003
Protecting National Security and Human Rights
- Bob Allcock, Solicitor General
Speech by the Deputy Solicitor General (Constitutional),
Mr James O'Neil, at a Conference on the National Security (Legislative Provisions)
Bill on Saturday, 14 June 2003
There will be no 'secret trial' - Bob Allcock,
Solicitor General
Speech by the Secretary for Justice, Ms Elsie Leung,
at the Ceremonial Opening of the Legal Year 2003, on Monday, 13 January 2003
Government response to remarks by Chairman of Bar
Association
Press Releases DPP
Decides not to Prosecute Antony Leung
Secretary for Justice to visit
Nanjing and Shanghai
Department of Justice denies
press report on Leung
Secretary for Justice promotes
Hong Kong/Vancouver ties
Legal profession stays strong
and independent under new order
Secretary for Justice visits
Toronto
SJ meets Canadian Justice Minister
Secretary for Justice to visit Canada
CEPA enhances quality of Mainland and HK legal
services
Secretary for Justice to visit Beijing
HK offers competitive dispute resolution services
HK the place for international arbitration:
Secretary for Justice
Government keen to favour beneficial applications
of Internet
DPP to lead Legal Study Visit to the Mainland
MLA agreement initialled between
HKSAR and Belgium
Government response to remarks
by Chairman of Bar Association

Other Papers Following
the signing of the main text of the Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership
Arrangement (CEPA) on 29 June 2003, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region (HKSARG) and the Central People's Government (CPG) signed the six Annexes
to CEPA on 29 September 2003.
The
Central People's Government and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government
have signed the Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement
(CEPA) on 29 June 2003.
Latest
Update on the Preliminary Draft Convention on Jurisdiction and Foreign Judgments
in Civil and Commercial Matters New
Admission Criteria for Barristers
Legal Practitioners
(Amendment) Ordinance 2000(Ordinance No. 42 of 2000)
Replies to supplementary
questions raised by Finance Committee Members
Replies to Initial written
Questions raised by Finance Committee Meetings in examining the Estimates of Expenditure
2003 - 04

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