Bulletin Spring 1988

Session 5 Chairman: Mr. Anthony Dicks Professor Ulrich Drobnig (Max-Planck Institut, Hamburg, Germany), ‘Liability for Breach of Contract: A Comparative Overview' Professor Zentaro Kitagawa (Faculty of Law, Kyoto University, Japan), ‘Model Contract Law and Chinese Contract Law' Discussant: Mr. Edward Epstein (Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong) 28th March Session 6 Chairman: Dr. Raymond Wacks (Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong) Professor Wang Che Chian (Department of Law, National Taiwan University, Taipei), 'Policy, Morality and Chinese Tort Law' Mr. Lo Man Chiu (Department of Government and Public Administration, CUHK), 'The I d e o l o g y of ‘ f a u l t ' in Tort Liability in General Principles of Civil Law' Discussant: Anthony Neoh (Barrister at law, Hong Kong) Session 7 Chairman: Mr. Derek Roebuck (Department of Law, City Polytechnic of Hong Kong) Mr. Edward Epstein, ‘Tortious Liability for Defective Products in the People's Republic of China' Professor Gonghee Hahn (College of Law, Dongguk University, Korea), ‘Product Liability Law in Korea' Discussant: Mr. David Kay (Baker & McKenzie, Hong Kong) Session 8 Chairman: Mr. David D. W. Ling (D. W. Ling & Co., Solicitors, Hong Kong) Professor Kresimir Sajko (Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Yugoslavia), 'China's General Principles of Civil Law and East-European Private International and Interstate Conflict of Laws: A Comparative Analysis' Mr. Chang Hsin (Chinese Law Programme, CCAS, CUHK), ‘Elements of External Relationship in the General Principles of Civil Law) Discussant: Mr. Owen Nee (Coudert Brothers, Hong Kong) Session 9 Chairman: Professor Gary Goodpaster (Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong) Alison E.W. Conner (Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong), 'Ownership of Individual Property under the General Principles of Civil Law' Professor Chen Tung-Pi (Faculty of Law, Queen's University, Canada), 'Security Devices for Credit Transactions in China' Discussant: Professor Heinrich Scholler (Faculty of Law, University of Munich, Germany) 29th March Session 10 Chairman: Professor Jerome A. Cohen Professor Tong Rou (Department of Law, the People's University of China), ‘Some Problems in the General Principles of Civil Law' Dr. Jean-Pierre Cabestan (Institut de Recherches Juridiques Comparatives du CNRS, Paris, France), ‘Civil Law and Administrative Reform in the People's Republic of China' Discussant: Dr. Byron S.J. Weng (Chinese Law Programme, CCAS, CUHK) Session 11 Chairman: Mr. C.P. Lin (Lin CP. & Co., Solicitors and Notaries, Hong Kong) Professor Jiang Ping (Chinese University of Political Science and Law, Beijing), 'Legal Provisions Concerning Joint Operations' Mr. Ian Gaunt (Sinclair Roche, Hong Kong), ‘Development of the Concept of Legal Personality in the Law Relating to Enterprises in the PRC Seminars on Economic Relations Between China's Special Economic zones and Hong Kong Two seminars were organized by the China's Special Economic Zones (SEZs) Data and Research Unit of the Centre for Contemporary Asian Studies and were held at the Cho Yiu Conference Hall in November 1987, and January 1988 respectively, to examine the economic relations between the SEZs and Hong Kong. A total of two hundred and forty-one scholars and professionals from business, banking and the press attended the seminars. The theme of the first seminar was on 'The investment environment and foreign investment in China's SEZs and the economic relations between the SEZs and Hong Kong'. Six sessions of the speakers' presentation and two sessions of open forum were held. Papers presented were as follows: (1) Investment environment and foreign investment of the Xiamen SEZ' by Mr. Mao Di-sheng, Deputy Mayor of the Xiamen City Government. (2) ‘Investment environment and foreign investment of the Shantou SEZ' by Mr. Liu Feng, Director 7