Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal and Chief Judge of the High Court to attend celebration activities of 100th anniversary of founding of Communist Party of China in Beijing
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The following is issued on behalf of the Judiciary:
The Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal, Mr Andrew Cheung Kui-nung, and the Chief Judge of the High Court, Mr Justice Jeremy Poon Shiu-chor, have accepted the invitation to visit Beijing tomorrow (June 28) to attend the celebration activities of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China.
They will return to Hong Kong on July 1. During their absence, Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal, Mr Justice Roberto Alexandre Vieira Ribeiro, and Vice-President of the Court of Appeal of the High Court, Mr Justice Wally Yeung Chun-kuen, will be the Acting Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal and the Acting Chief Judge of the High Court respectively.