Noel Power - Family

Family

Sir Noel was married to Irma Maroya, a Croatian, in Australia on 27 March 1965. They moved to Hong Kong soon after their marriage. The couple had two sons and one daughter. Sir Noel’s hobbies included travelling, reading, and cooking and wine tasting. From 1984 to 1999 he was the Chairman of Hong Kong Island of the International Food and Wine Society. From 1994 to 1999 he was Chairman of Asia-Pacific Zone and from 1999 to 2009 was Chairman of Gold Coast of the same society. Sir Noel found the Wines of the Pacific Rim Fair in Hong Kong in 1988. The Fair had become an annual event since then.

Experience
Barrister-at-law, Australia (1955–1965) Magistrate of the Lands Tribunal, Hong Kong (1965–1976) President of the Lands Tribunal, Hong Kong (1976–1979) Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong (1979–1987) Chairman of the Broadcasting Review Board, Hong Kong (1984–1985) Judge of the Court of Appeal, Hong Kong (1987–1993) Vice President of the Court of Appeal, Hong Kong (1993–1996) Acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong (1996–1997) Vice President the Court of Appeal, Hong Kong (1997–1999) Non-permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong (1997–2009) Chairman of the Independent Investigation Panel, University of Hong Kong (2000) Judge of the Court of Appeal, Brunei Darussalam (2003–2007) President of the Court of Appeal, Brunei Darussalam (2007–2009)

Experience

Barrister-at-law, Australia
(1955–1965)
Magistrate of the Lands Tribunal, Hong Kong
(1965–1976)
President of the Lands Tribunal, Hong Kong
(1976–1979)
Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong
(1979–1987)
Chairman of the Broadcasting Review Board, Hong Kong
(1984–1985)
Judge of the Court of Appeal, Hong Kong
(1987–1993)
Vice President of the Court of Appeal, Hong Kong
(1993–1996)
Acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong
(1996–1997)
Vice President the Court of Appeal, Hong Kong
(1997–1999)
Non-permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong
(1997–2009)
Chairman of the Independent Investigation Panel, University of Hong Kong
(2000)
Judge of the Court of Appeal, Brunei Darussalam
(2003–2007)
President of the Court of Appeal, Brunei Darussalam
(2007–2009)

Famous quotes containing the word family:

“Though a family be a thousand, there can be only one in charge.”
—Chinese proverb.

“The East is the hearthside of America. Like any home, therefore, it has the defects of its virtues. Because it is a long-lived-in house, it bursts its seams, is inconvenient, needs constant refurbishing. And some of the family resources have been spent. To attain the privacy that grown-up people find so desirable, Easterners live a harder life than people elsewhere. Today it is we and not the frontiersman who must be rugged to survive.”
—Phyllis McGinley (1905–1978)

“Having a thirteen-year-old in the family is like having a general-admission ticket to the movies, radio and TV. You get to understand that the glittering new arts of our civilization are directed to the teen-agers, and by their suffrage they stand or fall.”
—Max Lerner (b. 1902)