By Philip Dykes The requirement that native English teachers (NETs) working in public sector government schools declare allegiance to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China has reignited the question of the need or utility of the performative act of promissory oath-taking or making solemn declarations. There is a strong […]
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Philip Dykes was an Assistant Solicitor General in the Attorney General’s Chambers between 1989 and 1991 with special responsibilities for human rights issues. He joined the private Bar in 1992. He was one of the last barristers to be appointed a Queen’s Counsel in 1997. He was the Chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association between 2005 and 2007 and, more recently, he held the post between 2018 and 2021.