ABSTRACT
On 28 March 1987, Simon Keswick of Jardine, Matheson, and Company, an influential and powerful Hong Kong trading firm, 1 cited the uncertainty of the future of the Common Law system in Hong Kong as the main reason for changing its registration from Hong Kong to Bermuda. 2 The future of the Common Law system of Hong Kong rests with its political system. Maintaining the Common Law judicial system and the economic system cannot lead Hong Kong into prosperity if its political confidence is at risk. There is no reason to believe that the Peking government wishes to expose Hong Kong to such a political risk.
