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The Department of Justice (DoJ) welcomed the passage of amendments to the Lawyers Law of the People's Republic of China by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPCSC) yesterday. The amendments will take effect from Tuesday. Article 62 of the amended Lawyers Law states that Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Macao SAR legal practitioners who pass the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) Legal Professional Examination, administered by the judicial administration department of the State Council, and who obtain a Mainland practice qualification, can practise in stipulated areas of law in the Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, Huizhou, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Jiangmen and Zhaoqing municipalities of Guangdong. The State Council's judicial administration department also laid out enrolment requirements for the examination, application procedures for lawyers to practise, and the scope of practice allowed. Secretary for Justice Paul Lam stated that the amended Lawyers Law makes clear provision for the GBA lawyers' scheme, thus providing a legal basis for the regularisation of the practice regime. “I warmly welcome the amendments and express my sincere gratitude to authorities such as the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) for their strong support to the development of the GBA lawyers' scheme. Since the NPCSC's authorisation of the State Council to conduct a pilot scheme for GBA lawyers, the professional team of GBA lawyers has been growing continuously, contributing efforts to the country's building of the rule of law. “The National 15th Five-Year Plan Outline calls for deepening the construction of the GBA and accelerating the development of an international first-class bay area. GBA lawyers with dual practice qualifications can facilitate the interfaces of mechanisms and regulatory frameworks in the GBA, as well as proactively integrating into and contributing to the overall national development.” The NPCSC decided in August 2020 to authorise the State Council to conduct a pilot scheme for a period of three years. The pilot period would have originally expired in October 2023 but was extended in August 2023 until October 4 of this year. By June of this year, over 650 Hong Kong and Macau lawyers had obtained the Lawyer's License (GBA) and could provide legal services in the GBA's nine Mainland municipalities on specified civil and commercial matters in which Mainland laws apply. GBA lawyers currently appear in court as litigation representatives in the GBA's nine Mainland municipalities and take up GBA arbitration cases. The DoJ will continue to maintain close contact with authorities such as the MoJ and Guangdong's Department of Justice, in order to support and complement work to regularise the GBA lawyers' scheme.
At
1 p.m.
at the Hong Kong Observatory :
Air temperature : 29 degrees Celsius
Relative Humidity : 83 per cent
During the past hour
the mean UV Index recorded at King's Park : 3
Intensity of UV radiation : moderate Areas of thundery showers continue to develop to the west of the Pearl River Estuary. They may affect Hong Kong in the next couple of hours. Members of the public should be aware of the change in weather. Please be reminded that:The Thunderstorm Warning has been issued. It will remain effective until 3:00 p.m. today. Isolated thunderstorms are expected to occur over Hong Kong. The air temperatures at other places were:
Hong Kong Observatory29 degrees ;
King's Park29 degrees ;
Wong Chuk Hang29 degrees ;
Ta Kwu Ling30 degrees ;
Lau Fau Shan30 degrees ;
Tai Po29 degrees ;
Sha Tin29 degrees ;
Tuen Mun29 degrees ;
Tseung Kwan O28 degrees ;
Sai Kung29 degrees ;
Cheung Chau28 degrees ;
Chek Lap Kok31 degrees ;
Tsing Yi29 degrees ;
Shek Kong30 degrees ;
Tsuen Wan Ho Koon28 degrees ;
Tsuen Wan Shing Mun Valley29 degrees ;
Hong Kong Park29 degrees ;
Shau Kei Wan28 degrees ;
Kowloon City29 degrees ;
Happy Valley30 degrees ;
Wong Tai Sin29 degrees ;
Stanley28 degrees ;
Kwun Tong29 degrees ;
Sham Shui Po29 degrees ;
Kai Tak Runway Park29 degrees ;
Yuen Long Park31 degrees ;
Tai Mei Tuk28 degrees .
Between 11:45 a.m. and 12:45 p.m., the rainfall recorded in various regions were:
Sai Kung0 to 6 mm;
Sham Shui Po0 to 4 mm;
Tai Po0 to 3 mm;
Tsuen Wan0 to 3 mm;
Sha Tin0 to 2 mm;
Wong Tai Sin0 to 2 mm;
Kowloon City0 to 1 mm;
Kwai Tsing0 to 1 mm.
Communicable Diseases Watch Volume 22, Number 8, Weeks 31 - 34 (July 26 – August 22, 2026)
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