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1. |
The
name of the scholarship shall be called
"Hong Kong Bar Association
Charles Ching Memorial Scholarship". |
Interpretation
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2. |
In these Rules,
unless the context otherwise requires:-
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"Bar
Association" shall mean the Hong
Kong Bar Association; |
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"Bar
Council" shall mean the Executive
Committee of the Bar Association for
the time being; |
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"Charles
Ching Scholar" shall mean the
recipient of an award under the Scholarship; |
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"Fund"
shall mean the corpus of the trust
fund set up herein to fund the Scholarship;
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"Member"
shall mean a Member of the Bar Association; |
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"Scholarship"
shall mean Hong Kong Bar Association
- Charles Ching Memorial Scholarship; |
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"Scholarship
Assets" shall mean all assets
and moneys from time to time held
upon trust of the Scholarship, including
all income accruing thereto from whatsoever
source and any donations, bequests
or other gifts and any funds, investments,
moneys and property from time to time
received for the Scholarship and for
the time being held upon such trust
by way of addition or accretion or
otherwise; and |
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"Scholarship
Committee" shall mean the special
committee established under Rule 14
hereinbelow. |
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3. |
Unless
the context otherwise requires, words
importing the singular shall include
the plural and vice versa, and words
importing the masculine gender shall
include the feminine gender. |
| Object |
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4. |
The
object of the Scholarship is to encourage
high calibre law graduates or likely
candidates to join the Bar by providing
them an opportunity to undergo suitable
training for advocacy skills through
provision of financial awards during
pupillage. |
| Eligibility
for the Scholarship |
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5. |
All
applicants are required to attend
an interview by the Scholarship Committee
in Hong Kong. Those who fail to attend
the interview will not be considered
for the Scholarship. |
| The
Award |
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6. |
All
applicants must have completed or at least be pursuing the PCLL course in Hong Kong. Preference
may be given to applicants who would
otherwise not have an opportunity
to receive advocacy or pupillage
training in England. |
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7. |
The
recipient of the award shall be called
a "Charles Ching Scholar".
A "Charles Ching Scholar"
shall be someone, in the view of the
Scholarship Committee, with a promising
career at the Bar. The Scholarship
Committee may make any number of awards
each year provided that the Fund shall
not be exhausted. The Scholarship
Committee may also decide to make
no award in any year. |
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8. |
The
award shall include the arrangement
of an advocacy training course or an advocacy training course and
pupillage attachment in England, return
airfares to and from London and an
amount of subsidy for living
expenses. The Scholarship Committee
may from time to time determine the
manner, amount and timing of payment
of all the necessary cost and expenses
of such an arrangement as aforesaid.
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9. |
The
award is conditional upon the Charles
Ching Scholar: -
| (a) |
undertaking,
commencing or continuing pupillage
within such period from the
date of the award as may be
determined by the Scholarship
Committee or within such extended
period as the Scholarship Committee
may, in its absolute discretion,
grant; |
| (b) |
undertaking
and commencing practice as a
barrister in Hong Kong for at
least 12 months immediately
after completion of pupillage; |
| (c) |
informing
the Scholarship Committee of
the date of commencement of
his pupillage and full practice
and of such other relevant fact
and matter as may be requested
by the Scholarship Committee; |
| (d) |
satisfying
and/or fulfilling any further
condition imposed by the Scholarship
Committee as it may, at its
absolute discretion, think fit. |
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10. |
It is anticipated that the entirety or part of the award will normally be made available to the successful candidate upon completion of pupilage or at a time when the recipient is best able to obtain maximum benefit from participation in an advocacy course. |
| Moral
Obligation of A Charles Ching Scholar |
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11. |
It is
hoped that each Charles Ching Scholar
will discharge the moral obligation,
after having been established in the
profession, to make such donation(s)
back to the Scholarship as may be
sufficient to sustain at least one
other Charles Ching Scholar. |
| Application |
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12. |
Application
form is available from the Bar Secretariat
from 1 January of each year. Completed
application form must be submitted
to the Bar Secretariat by 15 February
of the same year. |
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13. |
Each
application must be accompanied by
a videotaped recording and a written
script of a speech of not more than
3 minutes in duration delivered by
the applicant detailing his career
aspiration and other relevant information. |
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14. |
The
Scholarship Committee may, at its
absolute discretion, interview suitable
applicants at such time and in such
place in Hong Kong as it shall think
fit. For the avoidance of doubt, the
Scholarship Committee may at its absolute
discretion and without giving any
reason refuse to interview any applicant. |
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15. |
The
Scholarship Committee may make any
offer at such time and may impose
such condition as it may in its absolute
discretion think fit without giving
any reason. |
| The
Scholarship Committee |
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16. |
Subject
to Rule 18 hereinbelow, the Scholarship
shall be managed by a Scholarship
Committee to be appointed by the Bar
Council. |
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17. |
The
Scholarship Committee shall consist
of no less than 3 persons of which
at least one shall be a senior counsel.
Apart from Members, the Bar Council
may from time to time invite and appoint
non-Members such as members of the
Judiciary and/or members of academic
institutions to serve on the Scholarship
Committee. |
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18. |
The
Scholarship Committee shall decide
on all applications and its decision
shall be final. |
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19. |
The
Scholarship Committee shall render
an annual report to the Bar Council. |
| Administration
of Scholarship Assets |
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20. |
The
Bar Council shall administer the Scholarship
Assets and shall be at liberty from
time to time to delegate such administration
or any aspect thereof to a special
committee. |
| Alteration
of Rules |
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21. |
These
rules of the Scholarship (but not
the object) may be altered or revoked
and new rules may be made from time
to time by the Bar Council after consultation
with the Scholarship Committee. |
