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‘Lamma IV’, A Tragic Maritime Disaster Dragging On For 11 Years In Hong Kong: Why Did The Court Of Appeal Decide, After Numerous Investigations And Hearings, That A Death Inquest Would Dig Out The Mysteries Of 39 Deaths? What Is The Legal Principle Of ‘Public Interest’?
06-08-23 On the night of 1st October 2012, the shocking maritime disaster took place when 2 passenger vessels the Sea Smooth (a public ferry) and the Lamma IV (a private boat) collided near Lamma Island. After the collision, the Sea Smooth remained afloat and nobody died. Horribly, Lamma IV sank within 118 seconds, killing 39…
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The Work Of A Good Lawyer Was To Resolve The Ambiguity Out Of 2 Jurisdictions, Hong Kong & The Chinese Mainland: The 40 Years Of 10 Meaningful Phases Of Interaction
20-7-21 It is by speed and insight that great things are achieved. Speed is the quick seizure of opportunities. Insight is not a matter of hitting the 4 walls. It is shaped by one’s sensible judgement of the ambiguity in a given situation. I sincerely pray that young lawyers nowadays will go to the Greater…
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FOR ME, LAW IS BREAD & ART IS JUICE. HOW ABOUT ANTHONY CHOW AND YOUNG LAWYERS?
26-06-19 Thank goodness. Almost 40 years ago, my family cornered me to becoming a lawyer. If I were a full-time artist in Hong Kong in the early 80s, I would starve and have one foot in the grave. Now, I am a part-time literary man. Art gives me only the spiritual juice of life and…