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Legal Aid Counsels, Ms Dorothy Chu (second from right) and Doreen Chan (first from right) gave a briefing on the role and function of the Legal Aid Department to a group of law students from the Beijing University and the Wuhan University on September 29, 2008.
Senior Legal Aid Counsel, Ms Angela Mo (second from right), was explaining the legal aid services in Hong Kong to a group of Mainland officials from Zhongshan City on September 17, 2008.
Director of Legal Aid, Mr Benjamin Cheung (front row, second from left) received a delegation of lawyers from Shanghai City on August 8, 2008.
Acting Assistant Principal Legal Aid Counsel / Legal and Management Support, Ms Doris Lui (right), received a group of law school students of Shantou University in Guamgdong on August 1, 2008 to brief them the legal aid system in Hong Kong.
Assistant Director of Legal Aid / Policy and Development, Mrs. Annie Williams (second from left), and Acting Assistant Principal Legal Aid Counsel / Legal and Management Support, Ms Doris Lui (first from left), received Ms Julyn S. Ambito and Ms Maya Bans-Cortina of IDEALS (Initiatives for Dialogue and Empowerment through Alternative Legal Services, Inc) on July 28, 2008.
Assistant Principal Legal Aid Counsel/Civil Litigation, Mr Chris Chong (second from right) met five officials from the Shenzhen Judiciary Office and explained to them Hong Kong's legal aid service system and the operation of the Department. They also discussed the legal aid services available for women and children in Hong Kong on June 27, 2008.
Senior Legal Aid Counsels Ms. Juliana MK Chan (first from left in front row) and Mr. Francis Chan (fifth from right in front row), took a group photo with a group mainland officials on a training programme from Nanhui, Shanghai City on June 18, 2008 after a meeting.
Acting Assistant Principal Legal Aid Counsel /Legal and Management Support, Mr Steve Wong and Senior Legal Aid Counsel, Ms Mandy Chow, met a group of young Chinese lawyers under the Lord Chancellor's Training Scheme on June 13, 2008and briefed them on the legal aid services in Hong Kong.
Assistant Principal Legal Aid Counsel/Civil Litigation, Mr. Chris Chong (middle) and Acting Senior Legal Aid Counsel, Ms Sandy Poon (first from right) briefed a group of law students from Sun Yat-sen University of Guangzhou and Peking University of Beijing on the role and functions of the Department on June 10, 2008.
Acting Assistant Principal Legal Aid Counsel /Kowloon Branch Office, Ms YW Mo (first from left) exchanged views on legal aid services with a group of mainland officials who participated in the Training Scheme in Common Law on June 6, 2008.
Acting Assistant Principal Legal Aid Counsel/Legal and Management Support, Mr. Steve Wong (left), presented a souvenir to a local law student on a summer training programme, after a briefing on the work of the Department on June 4, 2008.
Assistant Principal Legal Aid Counsel/Civil Litigation, Mr. Chris Chong (first from left) and Legal Aid Counsel /Official Solicitor’s Office, Mr. Jason Chan (second from left ) gave a talk on the service and the operation of the Department to a group of judicial officials from Guangzhou Province on May 19, 2008
Assistant Principal Legal Aid Counsel/Crime, Miss Betty Chan (centre ) and Senior Legal Aid Counsel, Mr. Francis Chan (first from left ), met a group of delegates from the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Justice and the Justice Bureax of Shenzhen, Nanjing, Qingdao, Chongqing and Shanghai and explained to them the legal aid system in Hong Kong on May 8, 2008.
Assistant Director of Legal Aid/Application and Processing, Ms Alice Chung (second from right) and Senior Legal Aid Counsel/Civil Litigation, Ms Margaret Leung (third from right), explained the legal aid system in Hong Kong to a delegation from the Law Court of Jiangsu Province on May 6, 2008.
Assistant Principal Legal Aid Counsel/ Application and Processing, Ms Christina Hadiwibawa (third from left ) and Senior Legal Aid Counsel/Crime, Mr. Nelson Kwok (second from left) received a group mainland officials from Guangzhou City on May 5, 2008.
Acting Assistant Principal Legal Aid Counsel/Kowloon Branch Office, Ms Yuk Wa Mo (first from left ) and Senior Legal Aid Counsel/Civial Litigation, Mr. Nick Lee (second from left ), gave a briefing to a group of lawyers under a training scheme from Jiangyin City on the legal aid services provided by the Department on April 28, 2008.
Deputy Director of Legal Aid/Application and Processing, Ms Jennie Hui (second from right) and Assistant Principal Legal Aid Counsel/ Application and Processing, Ms Christina Hadiwibawa (first from right) briefed the Director-General of Foreign Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Supervision, Mr. Wang Yongjun on the work of the Department and the procedure of handling legal aid applications on April 18, 2008.
Deputy Director of Legal Aid/Administration, Mr. William Chan (first from left ) and Assistant Director of Legal Aid/Policy and Development, Mrs. Annie Williams ( second from left), had a meeting with the Immediate Past Chairman of the General Council of the Bar of England and Wales, Mr. Geoffrey Vos, QC, on April 18, 2008, during his visit to the Department.
Director of Legal Aid, Mr Benjamin Cheung (second from left) and Senior Legal Aid Counsel, Mr Francis Chan (first from right), exchanged views on legal aid services in Hong Kong with a member from the International Amnesty Organization, lawyers from Beijing and Shanghai and Legislative Councillors, Ms Emily Lau and Mr Ho Chun Yan, who paid a visit to the Department on April 7, 2008.
Assistant Principal Legal Aid Counsel/Civil Litigation (2), Mr Chris Chong (centre) and Legal Aid Counsel , Dorothy Chu, briefed a delegation of Judicial Officials and lawyers from Jiangyin Justice Bureau on the legal aid services in Hong Kong on April 7, 2008.
Picture shows Director of Legal Aid, Mr Benjamin Cheung (left), presented a souvenir to the Vice-president, Ms Tao Kaiyuan (right).
Director of Legal Aid, Mr Benjamin Cheung (second from right) and Senior Legal Aid Counsel, Mr Francis Chan (first from right), had a meeting with the Vice President of the High People's Court of Guangdong Province, Ms Tao Kaiyuan and the Deputy Head of Civil Court No.4, Mr Chen Youqiang, and exchanged views on legal aid services during a visit to the Department on March 17, 2008.
Assistant Principal Legal Aid Counsel/Crime, Miss Betty Chan (left) and Senior Legal Aid Counsel, Ms. Nancy Keung, was explaining the legal aid services in Hong Kong to a group of Mainland lawyers from the Committee for Children Protection of All China Lawyers Association on March 11, 2008.
Acting Assistant Principal Legal Aid Counsel /Legal and Management Support, Mr Steve Wong, delivered a talk on the legal aid services in Hong Kong to the staff and students of the School of Business and Information Systems at the school's lecture theatre on February 20, 2008.
Head of the China Legal Aid Foundation delegation, Mr. Zhang Xiufu (right) presented a souvenir to Director of Legal Aid, Mr Benjamin Cheung.
Director of Legal Aid, Mr Benjamin Cheung (second from right) and Senior Legal Aid Counsel, Mr Francis Chan (first from right), had a meeting with a delegation of China Legal Aid Foundation and exchanged views on legal aid services during a visit to the Department on December 20, 2007.
Senior Legal Aid Counsel (Civil Litigation), Ms Margaret Leung (right) explained the legal aid services available for victims of domestic violence in a seminar on Helping Students Affected by Domestic Violence organized by the Education Bureau on December 17, 2007.
Assistant Principal Legal Aid Counsel/Civil Litigation, Mr Chris Chong (fourth from left) received a delegation from Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou and Beijing University. Picture shows head of delegation Professor Chen Jiancun (centre) and a group of postgraduate law students from the two universities on December 6, 2007.
Acting Assistant Principal Legal Aid Counsel/Application & Processing, Mrs Christina Hadiwibawa (far left), briefed a group of Mainland scholars on the legal aid system in Hong Kong on November 12, 2007.
Director of Legal Aid, Mr Benjamin Cheung (first from right), joins with other officiating guests at the Law Week 2007 opening ceremony on October 27, 2007 to promote public awareness of legal services.
Assistant Principal Legal Aid Counsel/Civil Litigation (1), Miss Jenie Wong, and Senior Legal Aid Counsel, Miss Linda Ng, gave a briefing on the work of the Legal Aid Department to a group of Hainan government officials on September 18, 2007.
Acting Assistant Principal Legal Aid Counsel/Legal and Management Support, Mr Steve Wong (seventh from right), presented a souvenir to the representative of Shantou University from Guangdong who accompanied a group of law students to visit the Department on August 10, 2007. On far left is Senior Legal Aid Counsel, Mr Nelson Kwok.
Director of Legal Aid, Mr Benjamin Cheung (second from left), exchanged views on legal aid services with a group of officials from Shenzhen Municipal Justice Bureau who paid a visit to the Department on July 26, 2007.
Assistant Principal Legal Aid Counsel/Civil Litigation (2), Mr Chris Chong (front), was briefing a visiting delegation from the Public Attorney's Office of the Philippines on the work of the Department on July 19, 2007. On his left is Assistant Director/Policy & Development, Mrs Annie Williams.
Assistant Principal Legal Aid Counsel/Crime, Miss Betty Chan (second from right), was explaining the legal aid services in Hong Kong to a group of Mainland lawyers from the Committee for Children Protection of All China Lawyers Association on July 17, 2007. On far right is Senior Legal Aid Counsel, Mr Joseph Lo.
Acting Assistant Principal Legal Aid Counsel/Application and Processing, Mrs Christina Hadiwibawa (first from left) and Legal Aid Counsel, Ms Dorothy Chu (second from left) explained the legal aid services in Hong Kong to a group of Mainland officials from various Justice Bureaux on May 10, 2007.
Assistant Principal Legal Aid Counsel/Civil Litigation (2), Mr Chris Chong (left), greeted Mr Sang Ning, Deputy Director of Legal Aid Centre of Ministry of Justice, PRC who visited the Department on May 4, 2007.
Acting Assistant Principal Legal Aid Counsel/Legal and Management Support, Mr Steve Wong (standing), briefed a group of Mainland lawyers under the Lord Chancellor's Training Scheme for Chinese Young Lawyers on the role and functions of the Legal Aid Department on May 28, 2007. On far right is Senior Legal Aid Counsel, Ms Mandy Chow.
Acting Assistant Principal Legal Aid Counsel/Legal and Management Support, Mr Steve Wong, gave a briefing on the work of the Legal Aid Department to a group of local law students on June 8, 2007.
Assistant Principal Legal Aid Counsel/Crime, Miss Betty Chan (second from left) and Senior Legal Aid Counsel, Ms Mandy Chow explained the work of the Department to four Chinese scholars on March 20.
Members of the Professional Affairs Committee Law Group of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong visited the Department on March 23. They were received by the Director of Legal Aid, Mr Benjamin Cheung (fifth from left), Deputy Director/Application and Processing, Ms Jennie Hui (fourth from left) and Assistant Director/Litigation, Mr Thomas Kwong (sixth from left).
Assistant Principal Legal Aid Counsel/Civil Litigation (2), Mr Chris Chong and Acting Assistant Principal Legal Aid Counsel /Legal and Management Support, Mr Steve Wong briefed a delegation of senior Judicial Officials from Guangzhou on the legal aid services in Hong Kong on January 12.
Assistant Principal Legal Aid Counsel/Civil Litigation (1), Miss Jenie Wong (first from left); Senior Legal Aid Counsel, Ms Margaret Leung and Acting Assistant Principal Legal Aid Counsel/Crime, Mr Nelson Kwok received a delegation of senior Judicial Officials from Guangzhou on January 26.
Deputy Director/Administration, Mr William Chan and Acting Assistant Director/Policy and Development, Mrs. Annie Williams, had a meeting with the Immediate Past President, Law Society of England and Wales, UK, Mr Kevin Martin on February 15 during his visit to the Department.
The Director of Legal Aid, Mr Benjamin Cheung (third from right) took a group photo with the other officiating guests at the opening ceremony of Law Week 2006 on November 4.
Acting Deputy Director/Administration, Mr Thomas Kwong (centre) and Assistant Official Solicitor, Mrs Annie Williams presented a souvenir to Mr Robert Seabrook, QC, Recorder, Deputy High Court Judge, UK after his visit to the Department on November 10 to learn about the legal development in Hong Kong.
Senior Legal Aid Counsel, Mr Nelson Kwok and Ms Margaret Leung explained the work of the Department to a delegation from the Committee for Children Protection All China Lawyers Association on November 13.
Assistant Director/Policy & Development, Mr Thomas Kwong (first from right), Director of Legal Aid, Mr Benjamin Cheung (second from right) and Deputy Director/Administration, Mr William Chan received a delegation from the Singapore Ministry of Law on November 16.
Deputy Director/Administration, Mr William Chan (first from left) and Assistant Director/Policy & Development, Mr Thomas Kwong met with Sir Peter Graham, KCB, QC, Former First Parliamentary Counsel, UK and Lady Graham on November 17.
Assistant Principal Legal Aid Counsel/Application & Processing, Miss Betty Chan (fourth from right) and Senior Legal Aid Counsel, Mr Francis Chan (fifth from right) took a group photo with the delegation from Shenzhen Legal Aid Department after their visit to the Department on December 14 to learn about the operation of the Department.

Replies to written questions raised by Finance Committee Members in examining the Draft Estimates of Expenditure 2008 - 09

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