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Rimsky Yuen (born 1964) is a Hong Kong lawyer. He studied law as an undergraduate at the University of Hong Kong and as a master's student at the City University of Hong Kong. He was called to the Hong Kong Bar in 1987. In 1995, he became qualified as a solicitor and advocate in Singapore. He held a temporary position as deputy registrar of the High Court in 2002 and 2003; afterwards, he was appointed as a Senior Counsel. [1] He later became chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association. In 2008, he accepted a position as a member of the Guangdong committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in a widely-criticised decision; a number of legislators in the pan-democratic camp, including Democratic Party chairman Albert Ho and Civic Party member Audrey Eu, called on Yuen to step down. Ronny Tong, who had declined a similar offer of appointment to the Guangdong CPPCC during his tenure as Bar Association head, also expressed his disappointment in Yuen and expressed his concerns over the potential for conflict of interest. In contrast, legislator Kwong Chi-kin (鄺志堅) of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions supported Yuen's appointment, stating that it would promote cooperation with mainland authorities; pro-Beijing newspaper Wen Wei Po also came out with an editorial denying that any conflict of interest arose by Yuen's appointment.[2][3]
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- ^ "Judicial appointments", Info.gov.hk, Government Information Centre, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, 2005-12-30. Retrieved on 2008-01-23.
- ^ Patel, Nishika; Diana Lee. "Bar chief under fire for accepting CPPCC seat", The Standard, 2008-01-17. Retrieved on 2008-01-23.
- ^ Cheung, Chi-kong. "袁國強任政協並無利益衝突 (No conflict of interest in Rimsky Yuen's membership in the CPPCC)", Wen Wei Po, 2008-01-18. Retrieved on 2008-01-23.
