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According to its website, the Hong Kong Bar Association was founded in 1949. [1] However, a newspaper advertisement from March 1948 records the foundation of the association on 12 March 1948 with Mr Eldon Potter KC being elected President, Mr H.D. Sheldon KC being elected chairman and Mr Percy Chen being elected Secretary Treasurer.
In 2007, the Society's income was HK$91.6 million, HK$47.7 million being raised through annual practising certificate fees and membership subscriptions. The fee for a practising certificate was HK$6,800 and the fee for membership subscription was HK$1,200. The Society had an annual income budget of HK$80.6 million for 2007. [3]
A bar association is a professional association of lawyers as generally organized in countries following the Anglo-American types of jurisprudence. [1] The word bar is derived from the old English/European custom of using a physical railing (bar) to separate the area in which court or legal profession business is done from the viewing area for the general public or students of the law.
Social workers' associations in Hong Kong (2 P) Pages in category "Professional associations based in Hong Kong" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan (1 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Bar associations of Asia" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total.
The Inter-Pacific Bar Association or IPBA is an international association of business and commercial lawyers, founded in 1991. Its members consist of residents of the Asia-Pacific region, or lawyers with a strong interest in that region. It brings together lawyers from different backgrounds and legal systems and fosters communication and builds ...
He was previously an appointed unofficial member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong (1992—97). [1] He was also the chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association (1985—87), the founding member of the pro-democratic group Article 45 Concern Group and became the member of the Civic Party when the group transformed into party.
The Association of Licentiates of Medical Council of Hong Kong is the first independent, non-profit (Non-company, Registered under Cap. 151 Societies Ordinance), professional medical organisation, designated for all non-local graduated licentiate doctors in Hong Kong, founded in 1995. The association was founded by hundreds of doctors who ...