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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.

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Is it legal for Hong Kong to make you pay for Covid-19 hotel quarantine?

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Making foreigners pledge allegiance to Hong Kong may be problematic, but probably won’t cost their citizenship

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