ANOTHER DISASTER ANOTHER DISASTER Hong Kong Sketches Denys Roberts The Radcliffe Press LONDON • NEW YORK Published in 2006 by The Radcliffe Press 6 Salem Road, London W2 4BU In the United States and in Canada distributed by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of St Martin’s Press 175 Fifth Avenue, New York NY 10010 Copyright © Denys Roberts, 2006 The right of Denys Roberts to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by the author in accordance with the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988 All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in a review, this book, or any part thereof, may not be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher ISBN 1 84511 112 5 EAN 978 1 84511 112 0 A full CIP record for this book is available from the British Library A full CIP record for this book is available from the Library of Congress Library of Congress Catalog card: available Typeset in India by Digital Publishing Solutions Printed and bound in Great Britain by T.J. International Ltd, Padstow, Cornwall To Fiona with love Contents Abbreviations viii 1 Where are you going? 1 2 The oily man 7 3 The first morning 15 4 The first evening 21 5 A Chinese dinner 29 6 The geomancer 39 7 Dinner at home 47 8 The charity ball 57 9 Repairing my shoes 67 10 The Cricket Club 75 11 Armistice Day 83 12 Solicitor-General 93 13 Opening of the legal year 103 14 Looking for Dave 113 15 Going to court 121 16 The courts in 1967 129 17 Ex. Co. 139 18 1967 149 19 Attorney-General 159 20 Legislative Council 169 21 Courting 181 22 The weeding 191 23 M.M. 201 24 Visits 211 25 Trial judge 221 26 The judicial image 233 27 Buildings 247 28 The Sixth Commonwealth Law Conference 259 29 The Seventh Commonwealth Law Conference 275 30 Visit to China 289 31 Another visit to China 303 32 Notable achievements 317 Index 329 ABBREVIATIONS A.D. Armistice Day A.G. Attorney-General C.J. Chief Justice 6C.L.C. Sixth Commonwealth Law Conference 7C.L.C. Seventh Commonwealth Law Conference C.S. Chief (and Colonial) Secretary D.R. Denys Roberts D.P.P. Director of Public Prosecutions Ex. Co. Executive Council of Hong Kong H.K. Hong Kong H.K.C.C. Hong Kong Cricket Club H.H. Hulme House Leg. Co. Legislative Council of Hong Kong M.M. Sir Murray MacLehose N.T. New Territories S.C. Supreme Court S.G. Soliciter General 114˚E 114˚20'E GUANGDONG PROVINCE Sha Tau Kok Ping Chau Sheung Shui Fanling Plover Cove Mirs Bay ay Res. B p ee Tai Po D Tolo Harbour Yuen Long Tai Mo Shan 3143 ft (958m) Tuen Mun NEW(l eTaEseRdR 1I8T9O8)RIES Sha Tin HReigsh. Island Tsuen Wan Sai Kung New International Airport Kwai Chung (to be completed 1998) Tsing Yi 22˚20'N Sham Shui Po 22˚20'N KOWLOON Kwun Tong (ceded 1860) Victoria Harbour North Point Lei Yue Mun Passage Mui Wo VICTORIAHong Kong Tai OLantaLua nIstalaun Pdeak Aberdeen (ceIdselda n1d842) Chai Wan 3,064 ft (934m) Cheung Stanley Shek O Chau Soko Is. Lamma Is. The Colony of Po Toi Group Hong Kong 1997 SOUTH CHINA SEA 0 10 kms 0 5 10 miles 114˚E 114˚20'E
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