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Hong Kong chief justice urges senior counsel to uphold public trust in courts

South China Morning Post · · 267 words · By Jess Ma
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“Chief Justice Andrew Cheung Kui-nung said on Saturday during the senior counsel admission ceremony that public confidence in the city’s courts depended significantly on barristers of this rank”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Chief Justice Andrew Cheung Kui-nung spoke at a senior counsel admission ceremony on a Saturday, emphasizing the importance of senior counsel and the rule of law.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Andrew Cheung Kui-nung (Chinese: 張舉能; born 24 September 1961) is a Hong Kong judge who serves as the 3rd Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal. He previously served as a Permanent Judge of the s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Cheung
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Chief Judge of the High Court of Hong Kong (CJHC) is the head of the High Court of Hong Kong and the President of the Court of Appeal of Hong Kong. In the Hong Kong order of precedence, the Chief …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Judge_of_the_High_Court_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The chief justice of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal, sometimes informally known as the chief justice of Hong Kong, is the head of the Judiciary of Hong Kong and the president of the Court of Fina…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_the_Court_of_…
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“Six barristers were appointed as senior counsel this year”
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The evidence provides conflicting numbers for the number of barristers appointed. One source mentions 'five barristers were appointed', while another mentions 'four barristers appointed senior counsel'. The claim of 'six' is not supported by the provided evidence.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 Hong Kong Sixes was the 21st edition of the Hong Kong Cricket Sixes that took place at the Mission Road Ground in Mong Kok, Hong Kong. The tournament consisted of 12 nations and was played ac…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Hong_Kong_Sixes
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Hong Kong Sixes is an international six-a-side cricket tournament held annually in Hong Kong. Organised by Cricket Hong Kong, China and sanctioned by International Cricket Council, it features sho…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Sixes
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mark Six is a lottery game organised by the Hong Kong Jockey Club.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Six
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“bringing the total number of “silks” in the city to 109”
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While the evidence confirms that Senior Counsel are called 'silks', none of the provided sources mention the specific total number of 109 silks in the city.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — British Hong Kong (Chinese: 英屬香港; Jyutping: jing1 suk6 hoeng1 gong2), officially Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港; Jyutping: hoeng1 gong2), was a Crown colony of the United Kingdom from 1841 to 1981, and a depe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Hong_Kong
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China. Situated on China's southern coast just south of Shenzhen, it consists of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories. With 7.5 million re…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is a public university in Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong. It was founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese by the London Missionary Society and formally…
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“Senior counsel are also referred to as “silks” for the gowns they wear in court”
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A web search result explicitly states that KCs (and by extension senior counsel in common law systems) are informally referred to as 'silks' because of the silk gowns they wear.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) is the primary law enforcement, investigative agency, and largest disciplined service under the Security Bureau of Hong Kong. Pursuant to the one country, two systems…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Police_Force
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hong Kong Rangers Football Club (Chinese: 香港流浪足球會), often abbreviated to Rangers, currently known as Biu Chun Rangers due to sponsorship reasons, is a Hong Kong professional football club which curren…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Hong Kong Senior Shield (Chinese: 香港高級組銀牌), known commonly as the Senior Shield, is the football knockout inter-club competition held in Hong Kong and the fourth oldest football tournament in Asia…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Senior_Shield
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“Secretary of Justice Paul Lam Ting-kwok, who also spoke at the ceremony”
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Two independent web search results confirm that Secretary for Justice Paul Lam Ting-kwok spoke at the senior counsel admission ceremony on Saturday.
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web search NEUTRAL — Paul Lam Ting-kwok.Paul Lam Ting-kwok GBS SBS SC JP (Chinese: 林定國; born March 26, 1968) is a Hong Kong Senior Counsel, currently serving as the 5th Secretary for Justice since July 2022.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Lam
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web search NEUTRAL — Secretary for Justice Paul Lam Ting-kwok, who spoke separately at the senior counsel admission ceremony on Saturday, urged the new silks to tackle three challenges facing the profession: the use of ar…
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3313484…
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web search NEUTRAL — Also speaking at the ceremony, Secretary of Justice Paul Lam Ting-kwok echoed the chief justice’s call for senior counsel to serve the public beyond their private practice.
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/32…
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“Lam, a barrister himself”
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Wikipedia and official government sources (GovHK) explicitly state that Paul Lam Ting-kwok is a Senior Counsel and was a barrister in private practice.
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web search NEUTRAL — Barrister. Paul Lam Ting-kwok.Paul Lam Ting-kwok GBS SBS SC JP (Chinese: 林定國; born March 26, 1968) is a Hong Kong Senior Counsel, currently serving as the 5th Secretary for Justice since July 2022.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Lam
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web search NEUTRAL — In a candid interview with The Hong Kong Jockey Club's publication "Striding On," Secretary for Justice Paul Lam Ting-kwok opened up about his unexpected journey from seasoned barrister to government …
https://www.thestandard.com.hk/hong-kong-news/article/301867…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mr Paul Lam has been the Secretary for Justice since 1 July 2022. Before joining the Government, Mr Lam was a Senior Counsel in private practice specialising in general civil and commercial proceeding…
https://www.gov.hk/en/about/govdirectory/po/sj.htm
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