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Term of office Concurrent judicial role Reason for tenure end Appointed by Silk 1: Mr. Edward Timothy Starbuck Woolley 1997 1999 None / full-time registrar Retired Tung Chee-hwa — Mr. Christopher Chan Cheuk, BBS (acting) 1999 2000 District Judge: Appointed Registrar of the High Court Tung Chee-hwa — Ms. Betty Kwan Ka-ching, BBS (acting ...
It replaced the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London as the highest appellate court of Hong Kong, The Court comprises five judges — the Chief Justice, three permanent judges and one non-permanent judge from Hong Kong or another common law jurisdiction. There is a panel of eight non-permanent Hong Kong judges and nine non ...
The High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region [1] is a part of the legal system of Hong Kong. It consists of the Court of Appeal and the Court of First Instance ; it deals with criminal and civil cases which have risen beyond the lower courts.
The Hong Kong Government established a Registrar General in 1845, four years after the British acquired Hong Kong in 1841. The post was renamed the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs in 1913, and then Home Affairs in 1949. [17]
After the 1967 riots, the colonial government introduced the City District Officer Scheme (民政主任) "as the first sign of reaching out to the ordinary people" in Hong Kong society. [2] It was renamed the Home Affairs Department in 1971 because, according to the government, the department dealt not only with matters relating to the Chinese.
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A permanent magistrate is a full-time magistrate, and is assigned to sit in one of the seven magistrates' courts. The Chief Justice appoints on a temporary basis a number of principal and permanent magistrates to sit as a Master in the High Court [2] or to sit as a Deputy District Judge or Master in the District Court, Family Court or Lands Tribunal.
Government Records Service (GRS) is the central records management service agency of the Hong Kong Government. It aims to be the most insightful, resourceful and leading public archives in Hong Kong. [1] [2] The department is subordinate to the Administration Wing of the Office of the Chief Secretary for Administration.