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1610:1961 births
1570:Kitson Yang
1545:Tan Yueheng
1525:Louis Loong
1520:Martin Liao
1480:Ambrose Lam
1450:Kenneth Fok
1440:Duncan Chiu
1420:Maggie Chan
1395:Pro-Beijing
1328:Scott Leung
1218:Shiu Ka-fai
1184:Dominic Lee
1140:Ng Chau-pei
1120:Joephy Chan
1081:Lo Wai-kwok
1071:Kenneth Lau
1066:Jeffrey Lam
1042:Edmund Wong
1032:Ngan Man-yu
992:Holden Chow
861:Dennis Kwok
320:rule of law
261:pro-Beijing
181:Citizenship
145:Preceded by
106:Dennis Kwok
101:Preceded by
59:Lam in 2023
1604:Categories
1515:Robert Lee
1490:Dennis Lam
1465:Carmen Kan
1460:Wendy Hong
1347:Gary Zhang
1309:Connie Lam
1281:Roundtable
1091:Benson Luk
1027:Stanley Li
1017:Starry Lee
838:2023-03-19
457:3 February
428:律師會會長林新強請辭
384:References
205:Occupation
149:Dieter Yih
1530:Johnny Ng
1500:Andrew Lo
1485:David Lam
1455:Junius Ho
1174:Regina Ip
1169:Adrian Ho
1164:Judy Chan
1101:Sunny Tan
1022:Leung Hei
1007:Nixie Lam
997:Steven Ho
982:Rock Chen
977:Chan Yung
931:President
883:Incumbent
812:19 August
789:19 August
766:19 August
736:19 August
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684:19 August
659:19 August
633:19 August
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589:19 August
562:19 August
540:19 August
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435:19 August
408:19 August
401:林新強任律師會會長
374:Jimmy Lai
332:Andrew Li
245:solicitor
242:Hong Kong
213:President
209:Solicitor
199:Hong Kong
195:Residence
135:In office
80:Incumbent
1575:Erik Yim
1555:Tony Tse
1550:Paul Tse
1247:Tang Fei
1096:Jimmy Ng
378:Tim Owen
271:and the
16:In this
1199:Liberal
234:Chinese
215:of the
189:British
185:Chinese
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238:林新強
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