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Legal body’s new Hong Kong office targets developing Southeast Asian economies

An international legal body’s new regional office in Hong Kong aims to help developing Southeast Asian economies and promote the wider use of uniform commercial law across the Asia-Pacific, its secretary general has said. Ignacio Tirado, secretary general of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (Unidroit), said its new Asia-Pacific Liaison Office was receiving financial…

Legal body’s new Hong Kong office targets developing Southeast Asian economies

The International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (Unidroit) has established a new Asia-Pacific Liaison Office in Hong Kong. According to the South China Morning Post - Hong Kong, secretary general Ignacio Tirado stated that the office aims to assist developing Southeast Asian economies and encourage broader use of uniform commercial law throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

Separately, the South China Morning Post reports that funeral proceedings for Ng Hon-mun, a long-serving Hong Kong deputy to the National People’s Congress and pro-Beijing educator, are scheduled to begin on Wednesday. Ng died at the age of 100 on October 18. The memorial will include a wake at the Hong Kong Funeral Home in North Point starting at 5pm on Wednesday.

Brief written by urgent.news from South China Morning Post - Hong Kong, Arutz Sheva - Israel National News, South China Morning Post, Antara News Indonesia — 4 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.

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