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Andrew Li
Andrew Li
The Honourable Andrew Li Kwok-nang served as the first chief justice of the Hong Kong SAR for 13 years until 2010. A graduate of Cambridge University, he had practised at the Hong Kong Bar and had served on the Executive Council and as chairman of the University and Polytechnic Grants Committee (now known as the University Grants Committee). He has received numerous honours and awards, including the GBM and 13 honorary degrees, from Tsinghua, Oxford and others. He is also an honorary professor of various law schools.

Local government must make every effort to ensure the proposed legislation conforms to the principles of Hong Kong’s legal system. Protections established under the Basic Law must be respected, and judges with foreign passports must not be barred from hearing cases involving national security.

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An open inquiry would be the most effective way to ascertain the truth, and the process will have a therapeutic effect on society. Carrie Lam, meanwhile, must speak up more for Hongkongers, while all officials should remember they are public servants.

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The community is expecting anxiously the determination of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on the method of electing the chief executive in 2017. When it is made, the process of political reform will advance to a further stage.