Published: 18:46, January 20, 2025
Ushering in the new legal year
By Wang Zhan
Andrew Cheung Kui-nung (left), chief justice of the Court of Final Appeal, inspects a Ceremonial Guard mounted by the Hong Kong Police Force at Edinburgh Place during the Ceremonial Opening of Legal Year 2025 on Jan 20, 2025. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)

Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal Andrew Cheung Kui-nung led members of Hong Kong’s Judiciary and legal community in marking the opening of the legal year 2025 on Monday.

Cheung attended the ceremonial opening of the legal year, including a Ceremonial Guard mounted by the Hong Kong Police Force at Edinburgh Place in Central.

China Daily's Andy Chong took these photos.    

Andrew Cheung Kui-nung, chief justice of the Court of Final Appeal, gives an address at the Ceremonial Opening of the Legal Year 2025 in Hong Kong City Hall on Jan 20, 2025. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)
Secretary for Justice Paul Lam Ting-kwok gives an address at the Ceremonial Opening of the Legal Year 2025 in Hong Kong City Hall on Jan 20, 2025. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)
Chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association Victor Dawes gives an address at the Ceremonial Opening of the Legal Year 2025 in Hong Kong City Hall on Jan 20, 2025. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)
President of the Law Society of Hong Kong Tong Man Lung gives an address at the Ceremonial Opening of the Legal Year 2025 in Hong Kong City Hall on Jan 20, 2025. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)