Yang Ti-liang
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Tung Chee-Hwa | |
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| Convenor | Sir Sze-Yuen Chung Leung Chun-ying |
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| Born | 30 June 1929 University College, London ) |
| Honorary Degree | Hon LLD (CUHK) Hon DLitt (HKU) Hon LLD (PolyU) |
| Yang Ti-liang | |
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Hanyu Pinyin | Yáng Tiěliáng |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | joeng4 tit3 loeng4 |
Sir Ti-liang Yang,[1] GBM (Chinese: 楊鐵樑; 30 June 1929 – 24 June 2023) was a Hong Kong judge. He was the Chief Justice of Hong Kong from 1988 to 1996, the only ethnic Chinese person to hold this office during British colonial rule.
Yang was a candidate in the
transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong, he was appointed a non-official member of the Executive Council by Tung and retired in 2002. In retirement, he mainly focused on writing and teaching English. In September 2003, he became the host of a RTHK radio programme, Yang Ti-liang Mail Box (楊鐵樑留言信箱), teaching English grammar. Yang died on 24 June 2023, at the age of 93.[2]
Early life
Yang was born in Shanghai on 30 June 1929. He attended St. John's Middle School (same foundation as
LLB with honours in 1953. In 1954, he was called to the bar with honours at Gray's Inn. After studying in England, Yang returned to Hong Kong in 1955.[citation needed
]
Judicial career
In June 1956, Yang was offered a post as
Puisne Judge
.
In 1972, he was appointed Commissioner of Inquiry into the Rainstorm Disasters. On 17 February 1975, he presided over the watershed corruption trial of
High Court of Justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong
. In 1976, he chaired the Commission of Inquiry into the Leung Wing-sang case in which a station sergeant, Lau Cheong-wah, allegedly induced Leung with HK$10,000 to confess to wounding another person. In 1980, Yang was chairman of the Commission of Inquiry into the apparent suicide of Inspector John MacLennan.
Yang was appointed a
Sir Denys Tudor Emil Roberts
, continued to serve as Chief Justice of Brunei Darussalam after his retirement. Sir TL was instead appointed president of the Court of Appeal of Brunei on 24 May 1988.
Chief Executive election
In 1996, Yang tendered his resignation to then governor
Tung Chee Hwa, a shipping magnate, over Yang to be Chief Executive
. The vote was 320 to 42.
Yang was appointed a Non-Official Member of the
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. During his tenure in the Council, he was chairman of the Exchange Fund Investment Ltd from 1998 to 2002 and was responsible to the management of the Tracker Fund of Hong Kong. From 1999 to 2004, he was also chairman of the Independent Commission Against Corruption
Complaints Committee.
Public service
From 1981 to 1984, Yang was chairman of the
Public Opinion Programme Disputes
.
In 1988, he was elected an Honorary Bencher of Gray's Inn. He served as President of the Bentham Club at University College London in 1991. From 1998 to 2012, he was chairman of the Hong Kong Red Cross; in June 2012, he assumed the honorary position of President.
After retiring from the Executive Council in 2002, Yang spent much of his time teaching
Radio Television Hong Kong radio programme, Yang Ti-liang Mail Box (楊鐵樑留言信箱), teaching English grammar and answering questions on his website. He has been honorary professor of Chinese at the University of Hong Kong since 1998. In 2005, he was appointed honorary professor and chairman of the Executive Committee of the School of Law by the Chinese University of Hong Kong.[6] In 2006, he was made honorary professor of Social Sciences at the Open University
of Hong Kong.
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Translated works
Yang has translated Chinese classics into English, including:
- General Yue Fei, 1995 (《說岳全傳》)
- The Peach Blossom Fan, 1998 (《桃花扇》)
- Officialdom Unmasked, 2001 (《官場現形記》)
Honours
He was
Justice of Peace from 1 July 1998 to 2012.[8][9] He was awarded the Grand Bauhinia Medal by the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
in 1999 to acknowledge his contribution to justice and higher education in Hong Kong.
Honorary degrees
- Hon. LLD, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1984
- Hon. DLitt, University of Hong Kong, 1991
- Hon. LLD, Hong Kong Polytechnic, 1992
Fellows
See also
- Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong
- Tung Chee Hwa
References
- ^ Yang Ti-liang never took an English name for himself, believing it to be unnecessary. He once stated that Sun Yat-sen likewise had no English name and he was "as famous as Sun". (得失之間 楊鐵樑, 壹週刊時事專訪, 7 August 2003)
- ^ 消息：前最高法院首席大法官楊鐵樑逝世 終年93歲 (in Chinese)
- ^ St. John's Hall: History and Register (1952), p. 25.
- ^ "No. 51171". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1987. p. 2.
- ^ Although he could have returned his insignia and ceased to use the title by doing so, officially he was still recorded as being a knight. Honours are only removed via forfeiture procedures. Therefore, from the law's perspective, he never actually renounced his knighthood.
- ^ Yang and Dr Anthony Neoh SC at the helm of the CUHK Law School, CUHK, 30 March 2005
- ^ "No. 51558". The London Gazette. 13 December 1988. p. 13986.
- ^ "Persons appointed under Section 3(1)(b) of the Justices of the Peace Ordinance (Cap. 510)". 7 June 2012. Archived from the original on 9 June 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Persons appointed under Section 3(1)(b) of the Justices of the Peace Ordinance (Cap. 510)". 24 December 2012. Archived from the original on 1 January 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
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Additional sources
English materials
- Former Chief Justice warns not to let language deteriorate, Pensioners' Corner, Civil Service Newsletter Editorial Board, retrieved on 1 September
- The Hon. Sir Ti Liang Yang, GBM, JP Curriculum Vitae, Hong Kong Red Cross, 2005
- Information Paper for the Joint Meeting of the Panel on Security and Panel on Health Services to be held on 29 April 2003, Hong Kong Legislative Council, retrieved on 1 September 2007
- HISTORY, Supreme Court of Brunei Darussalam, retrieved on 1 September 2007
- American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 116, No. 3 (Nov 2010) pp. 1046–1052 by Barbara Celarent
Chinese materials
External links
- Sir TL's Website by RTHK (in Chinese)
- CV of Sir TL Yang, Hong Kong Red Cross
- Yang, Sir Ti-liang, address from HKU
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