September 2006

By Anna Palmer

Almost 1 year into his tenure as Hong Kong secretary for justice, Wong Yan Lung talked with China Trade Law Report's ALM affiliate Legal Times reporter Anna Palmer on Sept. 11 at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington.
The 43-year-old former barrister answered questions about the status of the legal system after it transferred to the basic law of Hong Kong in 1997, Hong Kong’s relationship with China and the larger international legal community, and U.S. lawyers entering the country’s legal market. What follows is an edited transcript of that interview.

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