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Personal Information

Professional Experience:
(i) As solicitor to the High Court of England and Wales in 1970;
(ii) As solicitor to the High Court of Hong Kong in 1971; and as Notary Public of Hong Kong in 1978

Education:
Guildford Law College; Law Society; England (Part II Qualifying Examination, 1970)

Language:
English

Articled to :
Trower Still & Keeling, London

Legal Practice:
1965-71 Trower Still & Keeling, London
1971-77 Johnson, Stokes & Master, Hong Kong
1978-83 Stevenson & Co. (Founder Partner)
1983 Stevenson, Wong & Co.



Legal Specialisations:
Commercial and Company, Mergers and Acquisitions, Regulatory Law of Insurance, Securities and Futures, Immigration, Intellectual Property and Information Technology.

Community Involvement:
Former Council Member and Former Vice President of the Hong Kong Society of Notaries
Former Member of Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal Panel (1992-1998)
Member, Law Society of Hong Kong Working Party on the Occupational Retirement Schemes Ordinance
Member Legal Committee, The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce
Trustee and Chairman of the Hong Kong Arts Festival Trust
Member and Chairman and past President of The Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong
Former Committee Member and former Vice Chairman, The Friends former of the Hong Kong Museum of Art
Member of Committee of Management of the University Museum and Art Gallery, University of Hong Kong
Member of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council (1993-1995)
Chairman, China Heritage Art Foundation Limited
Member of the Board, Arts & Education Limited, (Charitable Grants in aid to East/West Hong Kong Arts causes)
Honorary Occasional Lecturer to the Museum Society, University of Hong Kong
Trustee of the Association of the Friends of the Shanxi History Museum Trust
Council member Hong Kong Internet Professionals Association
Member of the Companies Registry and Hong Kong Government Advisory Group on the rewrite of Hong Kong Company Law

Honorary Legal Adviser:
Honorary Legal Adviser to New Life Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association
Honorary Legal Adviser to the Hong Kong Arts Festival Society Limited
Honorary Legal Adviser to the Hong Kong Festival Fringe
Honorary Legal Adviser to the Friends of the Art Gallery, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Committee member and Honorary Legal Adviser, the Royal Overseas League, Hong Kong Branch
Honorary Legal Advisor to the Friends of the University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong.

Publications
Legal:

1. Books

International Insurance Law And Regulation Worldwide International Insurance Law Guide - Hong Kong Section Publ. Oceana Publications, New York, USA.
Investing in a business in Hong Kong - The Hong Kong Directors Law Year Book 1993
The Commercial Law Guide to Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan - Hong Kong Section 1996
Trademark Law of Hong Kong - International *Intellectual Property Law Hand Book
Chapter on Trade Mark Registration in Hong Kong" in Volume 29, 2007 of The Comparative Law Yearbook of International Business published by Kluwer Law International under the editorship of the Centre for International Legal Studies, Salzburg, Austria.

2. Papers and Articles

"Data Protection on the Internet: how the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance applies to Electronic Commerce, Anti-Spam measures and practical advice to net users and data users" - Hong Kong Lawyer July 2000
"Data Protection on the Internet: how contract law applies to cyber space and the pitfalls posed by the Electronic Transactions Ordinance" - Hong Kong Lawyer June 2000
"The Electronic Transactions Ordinance" - the Hong Kong Accountant - Journal of the Hong Kong Society of Accountants - August 2000
“Dummy Cowboys” - upon the illicit use of famous registered and unregistered latin alphabets trademarks and similar Chinese character phonetic translations for the purpose of establishing mala fides perversion of trademark user rights - Hong Kong Lawyer September 2007

3. Symposia Papers

"Data privacy on the Internet: How the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance may interface with and apply to E-Commerce; Anti-Spam and Practical Advice to net users and data users" - Paper delivered to the Legal Panel - The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce 29th August 2000

Non-Legal:
Jades and Unicorns: Specialist Tour of Jiangsu Province, China 19th-25th April 1984-BOCSHK No.6, Hong Kong
Five Chinese Jade Figures, a study of the Development of Sculptural Form in Hongshan Jade Working, Orientations May 1990 pp. 54-63
Neolithic Chinese Jades in "JADE" - Consultant Editor, Roger Keverne; Anness Publishing Ltd. London 1991
Post-Neolithic to Han Chinese Jades in "JADE" - Consultant Editor, Roger Keverne; Anness Publishing Ltd. London 1991
Jades from China - catalogue of an exhibition of Chinese jades at the Museum of East Asian Art, Bath, England, Bath 1994

Social and Special Interest Clubs:

Hong Kong

Member of the Hong Kong Club
Member of the Hong Kong Jockey Club
Member of the Foreign Correspondents Club
Member of the World Trade Centre Club

Overseas

Member of the Asia Society, New York since 1973
Member of the China Institute, New York since 1973
Member of the Siam Society, Bangkok since 1976
Member of the China Institute, New York since 1978 
Member of the Oriental Ceramic Society, London since 1984
Member of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs, London since 1989
Member of the Royal Overseas League, London, since 2002.
Angus Forsyth
Willy Cheng
Hank Lo
Neville Watkins
Anita Chan
Catherine Por
Wendy Lam
Lai Lam
Cornelia Chu
Samson Wong
Franky Fung
Janice Chin
Hazel Wong
Milly Hung
Candy So
Agnes Chan
Osbert Hui
Erica Cheng
Ines Lee
Gwyneth Clara Moore
Katy Lai