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)