A total of 143 Hong Kong people have applied to take part in
Chinese mainland's National Judicial Examination held in Hong Kong
for the third year on Saturday and Sunday.
The exam, organized by the National Judicial Examination Center
of the Chinese Ministry of Justice, is held simultaneously in
different parts of the Chinese mainland.
This is the third year examination centers have been set up in
Hong Kong, under the Chinese Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic
Partnership Arrangement, or CEPA.
Hong Kong permanent residents with Chinese citizenship are
allowed to sit the national examination. Hong Kong residents will
be granted a restricted right to practise on the Chinese mainland
after passing the exam.
(Xinhua News Agency September 16, 2007)