Andrew Cheung Kui-nung, chief justice of the Court of Final Appeal, meets with members of the media at the Court of Final Appeal on January 24, 2022. Cheung will lead a Judiciary delegation to visit three Guangdong cities from March 20, 2023. For three days starting from Monday, CALVIN NG CHINA DAILY Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal Andrew Cheung Kui-nung will lead a Judiciary delegation to cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, namely Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Zhuhai.
The delegation will meet with the Vice-President of the Supreme People's Court Yang Wanming, visit court facilities in these cities, have professional exchanges with the mainland judges and judicial staff on court operation matters and other judicial issues.
According to a statement from the Judiciary on Sunday, the visit forms part of the ongoing exchanges between the Judiciary and the mainland courts.
Members of the delegation include Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal Andrew Cheung Kui-nung, Chief Judge of the High Court Justice Jeremy Poon, Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of the High Court Justice Godfrey Lam, Judges of the Court of First Instance of the High Court Justice Anthony Chan and Justice David Lok, and Judiciary Administrator Esther Leung.
The delegation will return to Hong Kong on March 22. During Chief Justice Cheung's absence from Hong Kong, Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal Justice Roberto Alexandre Vieira Ribeiro will be the acting chief justice of the Court of Final Appeal.