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The Solicitor General of Hong Kong (Chinese: 法律政策專員) is head of the Legal Policy Division of the Department of Justice () in Hong Kong. He (to date no woman has held the post) is responsible for the development of legal policy, advising the Secretary for Justice (called the Attorney General before 1997) on legal issues, and overseeing the department's staff and legislative programme. ==History of the Role== The position of Solicitor General in Hong Kong was created after the end of World War II.〔Para 6, Preamble to Paragraph 6 Legal Officers Bill, 1950, and Grenville Cross, "Directors Great and Small", Hong Kong Lawyer July 2011〕 The Secretary for Justice is now assisted by 5 law officers, namely: * the Solicitor General who heads the Legal Policy Division, * the Director of Public Prosecutions (formerly Crown Prosecutor) who head the Prosecutions Division, * the Law Officer (Civil Law) (formerly Crown Solicitor) who heads the Civil Law Division, * the Law Officer (International Law) who heads the International Law Division, and * the Law Draftsman who heads the Law Drafting Division 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Solicitor General of Hong Kong」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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