Hong Kong still ‘very attractive’ to legal talent, justice secretary says, with department to roll out Greater Bay Area action plan
- Secretary for Justice Paul Lam also says many developing countries are eager to get legal training in Hong Kong
- Department of Justice set to unveil its Action Plan on the Construction of Rule of Law in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area
Secretary for Justice Paul Lam Ting-kwok on Thursday also said many developing countries, including in Southeast Asia and Africa, had been eager to get legal training in Hong Kong. He also expressed confidence that the city would play a leading role in nurturing legal talent for the country.
Lam’s comments were made ahead of the Department of Justice unveiling its Action Plan on the Construction of Rule of Law in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area on Friday. It is the department’s blueprint to enhance connectivity in mechanisms, regulatory frameworks and legal talent among the bay area’s 11 cities.
The bay area – a national development plan marking its fifth anniversary this year – aims to link Hong Kong, Macau and nine mainland cities into China’s new economic powerhouse.
Under the action plan, the department will seek to establish a pool of bay area-based foreign-related legal talent with a global vision by establishing the Hong Kong International Legal Talents Training Academy, an initiative first mentioned in Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu’s policy address last year.
